Blackball
Discover a Mel Smith comedy starring Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas and Vince Vaughn.
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Blackball - Official Site
Following in the long line of rebellious English bowlers, including Ian Botham and Phil Tufnell, comes Cliff Starkey. But this time it's just not cricket, it's bowls.
www.blackballthemovie.comGuardian Unlimited - The Bad Boy of British Bowls
Martin Kelner meets Griff Sanders, the real-life inspiration for Paul Kaye's bowling anti-hero in the Mel Smith comedy, "Blackball".
www.guardian.co.ukic Huddersfield - Getting a Chuckle Out of Blackball
Bowling correspondent Linzi Nicholson is bowled over by the Mel Smith comedy starring Paul Kaye.
ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.ukIrish Examiner - You Won't be Bowled Over by Blackball
Read a review which couldn't be more scathing of this Mel Smith comedy set in the world of bowling, awarding it a paltry one star out of five.
www.examiner.ieIsle of Man Online - Blackball, It Could Be Big at the Box Office
Preview predicts a likely hit for director Mel Smith and actors Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas and Vince Vaughn.
www.iomonline.co.imsport.telegraph.co.uk - Bad Boy Sanders Shoots from Hip
Mark Hodgkinson meets the inspiration for Cliff Starkey in Mel Smith's "Blackball", real-life bowler Griff Sanders.
www.telegraph.co.ukThis is Lancashire - Blackball
Mel Smith's comedy about the world of West Country bowls scores a poor four marks out of ten with this reviewer.
www.thisislancashire.co.ukThis is Local London - Blackball
"Blackball may not be the breakout British comedy that was hoped for, but it rolls smoothly and steadily along to be pretty enjoyable silliness" reckons Neil Phillips.
www.thisislocallondon.co.ukthisisDevon - Another Strand Added to the Bad Boy's Web
Meet Griff Sanders who became Cliff Starkey as played by Paul Kaye in Mel Smith's comedy, "Blackball", about a rebellious West Country bowls fanatic.
www.westernmorningnews.co.ukthisisSouthDevon - Blackball Hits Its Target
Page replicating a Herald Express article combines a review of a comedy based and filmed locally with a synopsis of the plot.
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