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Leigh slams Ross for movie criticism
by lefty on Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:36 pm
(Digital Spy)
Wednesday, April 16 2008, 12:21 BST
By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter
Director Mike Leigh has blamed Jonathan Ross for the commercial failure of one of his movies.
Leigh said the Film 2008 presenter had put people off seeing acclaimed 2002 drama All Or Nothing after branding it "tedious and boring".
He told Orange: "Jonathan Ross famously went out of his way on All Or Nothing to say 'Whatever you do, don't go and see this film; it's deeply tedious and who wants to watch a boring film about a lot of tedious, working class people on an estate?'
"Of course, that's not a description of that film at all. It's a very compassionate film that a lot of people love. But not a lot of people went to see it and I think Jonathan Ross made a major contribution because he had his TV programme and he was the film critic for the Daily Mirror at that time. So that's annoying."
His new movie Happy-Go-Lucky opens in the UK on April 18.
Wednesday, April 16 2008, 12:21 BST
By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter
Director Mike Leigh has blamed Jonathan Ross for the commercial failure of one of his movies.
Leigh said the Film 2008 presenter had put people off seeing acclaimed 2002 drama All Or Nothing after branding it "tedious and boring".
He told Orange: "Jonathan Ross famously went out of his way on All Or Nothing to say 'Whatever you do, don't go and see this film; it's deeply tedious and who wants to watch a boring film about a lot of tedious, working class people on an estate?'
"Of course, that's not a description of that film at all. It's a very compassionate film that a lot of people love. But not a lot of people went to see it and I think Jonathan Ross made a major contribution because he had his TV programme and he was the film critic for the Daily Mirror at that time. So that's annoying."
His new movie Happy-Go-Lucky opens in the UK on April 18.
