Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie) is a shy teenage footballer from Manchester who is given a pair of supposedly magical boots after coming into contact with an old tramp lady. The boots bring him the self-confidence to play to his full potential and impress the school bullies, forming a personal relationship with his lonely coach (Robert Carlyle) when he becomes the star of the school football team.
On the home front, Jimmy’s mother (Wonderland’s Gina McKee) works late nights at a taxi company and has recently brought home her latest boyfriend, a thieving aftershave-devoted bikie (Ben Miller), to meet Jimmy. Our hero is sensibly not impressed, and longs for his mother to get back together with one of her ex-men (Ray Winstone, turning in a low-key performance as the good guy for a change).
There is nothing specifically 'wrong" with Grimble – a sweet or funny moment occasionally shines through the underdog material – but there is nothing very 'right" about it either.
Filmink 2/5
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