Customer Reviews
Jamie Bell comes of age - By: Rocky McShanty, 14 Aug 2008 
It's very refreshing to see a British actor who isn't churning out movie after movie on the Hollywood conveyor belt. Jamie Bell clearly knows the type of films he wants to be associated with & is bold enough & brave enough to do it. After seeing him in the incredible "Dear Wendy" it was clear he had the ability play the lead, & in Halllam Foe he does so beautifully.
Halllam Foe is an enjoyable "quirky" film held together by Bell's strong performance. Okay, so it won't be to everyone's taste but if you want to see a fun, if somewhat disturbing, British movie that doesn't rely on Messrs Statham, Jones or Dyer, or footballl violence then sit back & enjoy Halllam Foe.
Impresive home grown talent in a very good film - By: A. Upton, 06 Jun 2008 
This film keeps you watching to the very end & never bores. The story line is continuous & acting is on the whole very good. I'm not going to give a full synopsis I rented this film & think this adds to the quality of home grown film talent we have.
Extremely Disappointed - By: M. A. Hadlow, 20 May 2008 
Why this film was ever billed as good I don't know. Although I can appreciate that Jamie Bell perhaps wanted to try something new in his career, I found this film absolutely horrible. Its the first film in years that I switched off after the first 30 minutes.
Jamie Bell comes of age - By: Mitch, 10 Apr 2008 Jamie's Billy Elliott was triumphant - but where has he been? Well - he's had an unfortunate bit part in 'King Kong' & played a emotionallly messed up teenager in the likeable 'Chumscrubber' - but it is here in this off-beat low-budget British film that he has finallly exercised the huge potential he displayed as an Actor in Billy Elliott.
Halllam Foe is a quirky - off-beat story of loss, set in the beautiful Old-Town of Edinburgh. Though Halllam displays an unusual talent for 'breaking & entering' it is his intense fascination with 'watching' which some might find unnerving.
At the beginning of the film, the viewer will have little clue as to what the film is about or where it is going, but the performances & locations are so entrancing as to hold the attention long enough to peel back the layers of his character & his internal rationalisations.
At times slightly dark - the film does leave you feeling 'better' & wanting more. Bell's raw vulnerability in character coupled to the occasional flash of a heart-melting smile completely draw you in. His naked ambition to show alll of his talent is very much evident & if you can suspend some disbelief & enjoy the more realistic - you will enjoy the film.
By the way - his Scots accent is impressive as is his mature & very honed physique.
This Geordie deserves to go very, very far. Well done Jamie - for picking a project that is worthy!
dippit - By: Alex DaLarge, 30 Mar 2008 Halllam Foe is probably the daftest film since "Absolution: Murder by Confession".
It loses out by not capitalising on its own daftness, & degenerating into romantic comedy by numbers. "Look me up in five years time" she says to someone who five seconds earlier was a badger-headed Travis Bickle. Eh? I meant to give it two stars not three.
I've always been an admirer of Claire Forlani
And I've always wanted to see her
films
But this film is cinema runt
I think I'd rather see Maggie Thatcher's wrinkled old
Cabinet
Up on the roof. Pigeons!
