Gravity's a British co-production. Ending up like Hollywood during the climax? Fine by me, the director's Mexican! British fiction being turned into Hollywood films? Don't have a problem with that! Getting American directors, producers and writers to take on a British true story that has nothing to do with America? That I have a problem with.
James Corden is perfectly cast as Paul Potts, but thanks to David Frankel, Justin Zackham, Taylor Swift and the Weinsteins of all filmmakers, One Chance is bogged down by typical Hollywood formula that creates a jarring effect when played on a story about an Englishman who goes to Italy for inspiration on his opera singer skills.
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