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Wild Bill
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After eight years in prison, "Wild Bill" Hayward returns to his East London home to find his wife gone and his two sons, 15-year-old Dean and 11-year-old Jimmy, living alone. Dean has been acting as the parent, fiercely protective of his younger brother. Bill intends to leave immediately, but Dean blackmails him into staying to prevent social services from taking Jimmy away. This forces the estranged father and his resentful son into an uneasy truce, as Bill is reluctantly drawn back into a family life he never wanted.
Details
- Director
- Dexter Fletcher
- Writers
- Danny King, Dexter Fletcher
- Studio
- STS Media, 20ten Media
- Released
- 21 October 2011
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
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