Rotten
Though there's nothing in the film to equal the excitement of seeing a marquee collapse from the weight of its title, an attractive cast and setting turn a tired one-joke premise into an adequate view.
Mike Clark, USA Today
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.
1995 · 1h 31m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Christopher Monger
Overview
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
Director and cast
- Christopher Monger Director
- Hugh Grant as Reginald Anson
- Tara Fitzgerald as Betty
- Colm Meaney as Morgan the Goat
- Ian McNeice as George Garrad
- Ian Hart as Johnny Shellshocked
- Kenneth Griffith as Reverend Jones
- Tudor Vaughan as Thomas Twp
- Hugh Vaughan as Thomas Twp Two
- Robert Pugh as Williams the Petroleum
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