Movies starring Timothy Spall

Life Is Sweet (1990)

103 mins Comedy, Drama

If performances made a movie "Life is Sweet" would have swept the board and won every award under the sun. But a movie is more than just about the performances and this is where "Life is Sweet" comes undone as it doesn't real...

Secrets & Lies (1996)

142 mins Drama

If you read that synopsis and many others which have been written about "Secrets & Lies" you would believe that this is a movie about the curious situation of Hortense discovering that she has a white mother. And there are pa...

Still Crazy (1998)

95 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

When you mention movies about fictional rock bands "This is Spinal Tap" is often mentioned but a movie which should get mentioned just as often is "Still Crazy" an amusing, dramatic end surprisingly emotional tale of a fictio...

Chicken Run (2000)

84 mins Animation, Comedy, Family

If there is one movie I can quote probably above all others it is "The Great Escape", from a childhood where it would be shown a couple of times a year on TV to now as a grown up actually putting the DVD on to watch it a coup...

Vanilla Sky (2001)

136 mins Family, Mystery, Romance

Let me describe a few scenes in "Vanilla Sky". The first one is a fantastic sequence where after waking up David heads out on to the streets to find it completely abandoned, it is a dream sequence which leads to him waking up...

The Last Samurai (2003)

148 mins Action , Adventure , Drama

Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) an American War Captain and hero, who now despises his past and seeks solitude from the bottle is offered a vast amount of money to go to Japan to train up their army to fight and defeat the...

My House in Umbria (2003)

103 mins Drama, Mystery, Thriller

"My House in Umbria" is a beautiful movie, it captures the scenery of Umbria magnificently, the hustle & bustle of an Italian town magnificently, the acting is beautiful and the mix of drama and comedy is also beautiful. But ...

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

108 mins Adventure , Comedy, Family

Before the release of "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" I had never even heard of the series of children's books it was based on which I must say is of no surprise as I haven't been a child in a long time nor ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

157 mins Adventure , Family, Fantasy

In my review of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" I mentioned that I struggled with the darker tone which director Alfonso Cuar�n delivered and I expected the next movie to be the same. Well "Harry Potter and the Gob...

Cherished (2005)

95 mins Drama, TV Movie

Somewhere in the corner of my mind I remember the case of Angela Cannings when it was in the news probably when it came to the eventual outcome of things a couple of years later which as "Cherished" is based on a true story I...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

116 mins Drama, Horror, Musical

For those who recoil at the thought of watching a musical due to their bubbly nature, well let's be honest think musical and you think people singing and dancing to show tunes, should go and get themselves Tim Burton's "Sween...

Enchanted (2007)

107 mins Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance

What I didn't mention in that synopsis is that when the evil Queen Narissa banishes Giselle to Manhattan "Enchanted" turns from an animation into a real life movie with Amy Adams as the loveable Giselle stuck in Manhattan. An...

Death Defying Acts (2007)

97 mins Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a movie features Harry Houdini you might feel short changed when in truth the movie is not really about him. That is sort of the case when it comes to "Death Defying Acts" as whilst entertaining the entertainment comes m...

Appaloosa (2008)

115 mins Action , Crime, Drama, Western

Once upon a time, many decades a go the staple of the big screen was the western, but sadly tastes changed and westerns went out of fashion. Now days it's a rare occurrence for a western to be made although in a way that's no...

The Damned United (2009)

98 mins Biography, Drama, Sport

Being a fan of the beautiful game I was aware of Brian Clough and his infamous reputation long before "The Damned United" was released. Although my earliest memory of Brian Clough was when as the manager of Nottingham Forrest...

From Time to Time (2009)

95 mins Adventure , Drama, Family

Whilst many have gone mad for "Downton Abbey" it has never been my sort of thing but because of it I am well aware of the name Julian Fellowes and it was his name which lead me to watch "From Time to Time" as not only did he ...

Wake Wood (2009)

90 mins Drama, Horror, Thriller

A while back I watched and reviewed a few old Hammer horror movies from the 60s and 70s and whilst they didn't blow me away they certainly had a look and a theme with small villages, strange rituals and of course something si...

The King's Speech (2010)

118 mins Biography, Drama

As someone who's not a fan of period dramas and someone who found history a bore during school "The King's Speech" would not be the sort of movie I would seek out unless someone told me to watch it. The thought of watching a ...

Reuniting the Rubins (2010)

97 mins Comedy, Drama

Have you heard the one about the Rabbi, the Buddhist, the Environmentalist and the Capitalist? Yes that sounds like a joke and in a way "Reuniting the Rubins" is meant to be funny with a father trying to unite his diverse and...

Christmas Angel (2011)

86 mins Drama

Movie Review - Christmas Angel (2011) (aka: My Angel) whilst Eddie's (Joseph Phillips) mum is a critical condition having been hit by a car he gets a visit from her in his dream leading to him going on a quest to find an ange...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Timothy Spall as one of the principle cast members.