Little Voice

I thought that the movie was great. Jane Horrocks is amazingly talented. The others I could have taken or left, though I thought Ewan McGregor did a good job. LV's performance night is spectacular, and I've rewound just to watch that... Full review

I was expecting this movie to be really good -- I am a big fan of Michael Cane and Ewan MgGregor, but i found the whole mess to be a big flop and I hated every minute of it. I thought... Full review

This is a fine film with solid acting and a touching underlying story about the loss of innocence. This film is quite British. It was not targeted for American audiences. Some Americans miss a bit of the humour. The one concert... Full review

Jane Horrocks! wow - I had no idea that she is such a tremendous mimic. I was slightly intoxicated whilst watching this film, and assumed that they were using the extracted original vocals of singers such as Marilyn Monroe, Judy... Full review

This film provides the perfect excuse to shoe case Jane Horrack's amazing voice. I though she was miming untill my Mum told me the film had been specially written for her. From that moment I was captivated, how does she sound... Full review

Summary:This is the story of a painfully shy girl who takes comfort escaping the harsh world of her overbearing mother by enclosing herself in a world of music. The peace she finds while playing her late father's records is the... Full review

Mark Herman's follow-up to 'Brassed Off' is another affectionate look at working class English life, although without that film's heart and anger. Instead, it's largely an opportunity for a gallery of British acting talent to enjoy themselves, with Michael Caine,... Full review

At the risk of sounding overly sentimental, this is perhaps one of the most touching films I have ever seen, and also one of the most surprising.Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine and Ewan McGregor all turn in superb performances, with Brenda... Full review

A slightly twisted film about a brutally shy young lady (LV), an overbearing cliche come to life mother, a slime ball agent and (of course) a slightly odd, yet kind hero(?) figure played by none other than Ewen McGregor, Little... Full review

***There are spoilers in this review***Here in the U.S. we don't see much of Jane Horrocks except in Absolutely Fabulous reruns, and that's a shame because she has an amazing voice. She is perfectly cast as LV (Little Voice) in... Full review

Very satisfying in its bizarre way, Little Voice is a striking and refreshing film worth the adventure. The central character, Little Voice (Jane Horrocks) is a well drawn, complex young woman whose life has been sucked dry by a combination of her innately shy personality, the death of her loving, gentle father and the shallow, overbearing antics of her widowed mother. ... Full Review

This disappointing adaptation of Jim Cartwright's hit play, "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" (which also starred Horrocks), is predictable and shallow. That's a real sore spot between LV and her boozy mother, Mari (Brenda Blethyn), who spends most of her time at the local pub. ... Full Review

Horrocks, best known as the ditzy secretary in TV's Absolutely Fabulous , is absolutely fabulous,selling her mimetic gifts with force and conviction.....Of course, having established her sanctuary, the script must soon violate it..... ... Full Review

But in "Little Voice," there are some rather bizarre and noticeable shifts in volume, and some sharp sound edits are detectable within songs or in mid-sentence. Her performance may have been even more impressive on the stage, where it was known as "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice," because Horrocks' impersonations were delivered live and on cue, without dubbing. ... Full Review

Yet it is the conceit of "Little Voice" that inside this dull and unpromising exterior lies an incredible jewel. Though he's hampered, as everyone except Horrocks is, by "Little Voice's" crass, hectoring tone, Caine does a poignant job as the man who hopes to make a fortune out of L.V.'s skills. ... Full Review

Diana Vickers will release her debut album in March next year, her record label RCA has confirmed. The 2008 X Factor semi-finalist, who is currently starring in West End musical The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice , is expected... ... Full Article

Now, however, we are apparently helping to cast West End plays, too, with Diana Vickers, the 18-year-old Lancastrian who came fourth in The X Factor last year, headlining a new West End production of Jim Cartwright's The Rise And Fall... ... Full Article

Vaudeville Theatre, London: 020 7836 9987 until January 31 2010 It was a wonder the buses on The Strand did not screech to a halt when the sound waves thundered out of the Vaudeville Theatre. ... Full Article

Former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers received a standing ovation as she made her West End debut in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice. ... Full Article

Jim Cartwright's play, first staged at the National in 1992, is constructed around a virtuoso performance. At its centre is LV, a painfully shy teenager who seeks solace in her dead father's record collection while her embarrassingly lively mother Mari... ... Full Article

Diana Vickers has revealed that she cried like a baby after the official opening of West End play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice . ... Full Article