Outside Bet

{{Short description|2012 British comedy film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Outside Bet | image = OutsideBet-524x357.jpg | director = Sacha Bennett | producer = Carolyn Bennett Tony Humphreys Terry Stone | writer = Mark Baxter and Paolo Hewitt (novel ''The Mumper''); Nigel Smith Sacha Bennett | starring = Bob Hoskins Jenny Agutter Philip Davis Adam Deacon | cinematography = Nic Lawson | editing = Kate Evans | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|2012|04|27||df=y}} | runtime = 94 mins. | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = $7,500,000<ref name="filmdates.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2211-outside-bet/|title = UK Cinema Release Dates | Search | outside bet}}</ref> | gross = }} '''''Outside Bet''''', also known as '''''Weighed In: The Story of the Mumper''''', is a British comedy film directed by Sacha Bennett and starring Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Philip Davis and Adam Deacon. The film was released on 20 April 2012.<ref name="filmdates.co.uk"/>

==Plot== It is 1985. Thatcher is in power, Sade is on the radio, and the print workers have gone on strike. But nothing, not even a scale eight earthquake can put a dampener on a group of close friends that meet every Sunday in their regular South London pub for a pint and free flowing banter of the highest order. Set against the backdrop of a changing way of life-as Rupert Murdoch moves the printing of his newspapers from Fleet Street to Wapping-this is a tale of seven firm friends, who embark on a unique journey that eventually leads them to gamble all of their savings and redundancy money on a single race.

==Cast== * Bob Hoskins - Percy 'Smudge' Smith * Calum MacNab - Mark 'Bax' Baxter * Jenny Agutter - Shirley Baxter * Philip Davis - Threads * Adam Deacon - Sam The Soleman * Vincent Regan - Jago * Mark Cooper Harris - Harry * Emily Atack - Katie * Montserrat Lombard - Becka * Terry Stone - Johnny Gossamer * Perry Benson - Sefton Wallace * Dudley Sutton - Alfie Hobnails * Linda Robson- Lil * Rita Tushingham - Martha * Ali Cook - Stevie * Lucy Drive - Erica * Rebecca Ferdinando - Cheryl

==Reception== The film was not well received by critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes records 9 reviews with an average rating of 3.4/10.<ref name="RottenTomatoesReview">{{cite web| url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/outside_bet_2012| title= Outside Bet (2012)| publisher= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= 2012-05-14}}</ref> Other reviews have been more positive - Mark Kermode declared it his Film of the Week, saying he was "charmed" by the film, and also made it one of his 6 "Gems" of the year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/dec/23/hidden-gems-dvds-2012-kermode|title = Hidden gems of 2012: DVDS| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 23 December 2012| last1=Kermode | first1=Mark }}</ref>

==External links== * {{IMDb title|1772422|Outside Bet}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Outside Bet}} Category:British comedy films Category:Films based on British novels Category:2012 films Category:2012 comedy films Category:Films set in 1985 Category:Gateway Films films Category:Films set in London Category:British horse racing films Category:2012 English-language films Category:Films directed by Sacha Bennett Category:2012 British films Category:English-language comedy films