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The Van
1996
· Movie
· 100 min
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Every rating
62–71
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is AlloCiné on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 71.
See the most agreed on films →In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.
Details
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Writer
- Roddy Doyle
- Based on
- a work by Roddy Doyle
- Released
- 29 November 1996
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $712.1K
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