Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce
Total Credits at Criticker: 20 (Writer)
Titles you haven't rated - Writer (20)
The Claim
A raw, romantic tale of stark beauty and primal authenticity about how dreams collided with greed in the making of California.
+4
Code 46
A love story set in an eerily possible near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints.
+7
Pandaemonium
This historical, romantic drama chronicles the turbulent, creative relationship between two of history's most famous English poets -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Roache) and William Wordsworth (Hannah). (USA Films)
24 Hour Party People
Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters... (imdb)
+11
Millions
A heartwarming story of two little boys, faith, miracles...and lots of money. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
A zesty celebration of storytelling and the life that spills out of it, this film tells two stories: that of an 18th Century Englishman Tristram Shandy (Coogan), and that of the hapless 21st Century filmmakers who are adapting the notoriously unfilmable work "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," with "Steve Coogan" (COogan) in the title role. (Picturehouse)
Welcome to Sarajevo
Journalist Floyd from US, Michael Henderson from UK and their teams meet the beginning of Bosnian war in Sarajevo... (imdb)
+3
Grow Your Own
An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables. (imdb)
Butterfly Kiss
Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women at the cash desk not to be Judith, because Eunice is eccentric, angry and extreme dangerous... (imdb)
+1
Revengers Tragedy
Cottrell Boyce's script mixes the original Jacobean language with modern asides and sets Middleton's story in the year 2011, in the aftermath of a natural disaster which has destroyed the southern half of Great Britain a dystopia in which society is collapsing and where vendettas and the crude exercise of power are the norm. In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool of the future, a wronged man returns from a self-imposed exile to bring down those responsible for his wife's murder. (wikipedia.org)
God on Trial
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial. (imdb)
Saint-Ex
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. (imdb)
The Railway Man
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. (imdb)
+10
Goodbye Christopher Robin
A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family? (imdb)
Earth: One Amazing Day
From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles.
Framed
Framed (2009) - TV Movie
Due to water damage the whole National Gallery collection is removed from London and stored in an abandoned slate mine inside a Welsh mountain, as it was during the Second World War. Soon after senior curator Quentin Lester is settled in North Wales he unwittingly sets in motion a series of events that wake up this sleepy, charming town. After mistaking local boy Dylan Hughes for an art history genius, Quentin finds himself in the middle of mayhem. (movie-trailer.co.uk)
Sometimes Always Never
A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son. (imdb)
Stephen
Stephen (2021) - TV Mini-Series
The story of the ongoing struggle by Doreen and Neville Lawrence to achieve justice and how a detective, DCI Clive Driscoll, working closely with the Lawrences, puts together an investigation that finally--more than 18 years after his death--secures the convictions of two of the gang who committed the murder of Stephen.
The Beautiful Game
Advocates to end homelessness, organize an annual tournament for Homeless men to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.
Kensuke\
Young Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty. A gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel. - IMDb
+5