Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Shoot the Messenger

Shoot the Messenger

Genres

Drama

OverView

Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

26 April 2006

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Joseph Pascale

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Heather

Ariyon Bakare

Ariyon Bakare

Elroy

Jay Byrd

Jay Byrd

Mabel

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Sherlene

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya

Reece

David Gyasi

David Gyasi

Timothy

Junior Laniyan

Junior Laniyan

Patrick

Chiké Okonkwo

Chiké Okonkwo

Kwame

Eric Kofi Abrefa

Eric Kofi Abrefa

Yannek

Anjela Lauren Smith

Anjela Lauren Smith

Maureen

Richard Pepple

Richard Pepple

Roy

Charles Mnene

Charles Mnene

Germal

Medina Aijikawo

Medina Aijikawo

Sarah

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

Janine

Clare Perkins

Clare Perkins

Mary Gibbs

Heather Bleasdale

Heather Bleasdale

Tracey Willis

Clive Rowe

Clive Rowe

Rev. Wilson

Brian Bovell

Brian Bovell

Councillor Watts

Richard Blackwood

Richard Blackwood

Sir Galahad - Radio DJ

Oscar James

Oscar James

Rodney Pascale

Joan Hooley

Joan Hooley

Ivaline Pascale

Eamon Geoghegan

Eamon Geoghegan

Bob

Troy Glasgow

Troy Glasgow

Warren

Kyle Joseph-Peters

Kyle Joseph-Peters

Sherman

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson

L'Braia

Jasmine Pride-Garrett

Jasmine Pride-Garrett

Malika

Graham Bohea

Graham Bohea

Fred

Tanya Ronder

Tanya Ronder

Mrs Morton

Ben Pitts

Ben Pitts

Mr Watson

Jotham Annan

Jotham Annan

Nevil

Jay Williams

Jay Williams

Andrew

Chennei Bain

Chennei Bain

Shenqua

Yaa

Yaa

Evelyn

Angie Le Mar

Angie Le Mar

Chair

Rupert Degas

Rupert Degas

Solicitor

Ash Varrez

Ash Varrez

Landlord

Brice Stratford

Brice Stratford

Guitarist

Michael 1Sun Callum

Michael 1Sun Callum

Victim

Glen Wilson

Glen Wilson

Doctor #1

Chris Pavlo

Chris Pavlo

Doctor #2

Sabina Cameron

Sabina Cameron

Woman #1

Feyi Babalola

Feyi Babalola

Woman #2

Yvette Rochester-Duncan

Yvette Rochester-Duncan

Woman #3

George Eggay

George Eggay

Neil

Michael-Joel David Stuart

Michael-Joel David Stuart

Kaylon

Similar Movies

5.2

Let the Sunshine In

September 2017 •French

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

6.3

Bend It Like Beckham

April 2002 •English

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

5.0

36 Fillette

March 1988 •French

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with being a virgin. She sets off with her brother to a disco, latching onto an aging playboy who is himself hot and cold to her. She is ambivalent about losing her virginity that night, willing the next, and determined by the third.

7.7

Cléo from 5 to 7

April 1962 •French

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

7.2

Monster

December 2003 •English

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

6.7

Fire

August 1997 •English

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

7.0

Nanayo

November 2008 •Japanese

Saiko travels to Thailand but she jumps out of the cab after knowing the driver's intentions. However, her life changes after she meets Greg.

6.6

Passion

July 1986 •

Sylvia and Cora Miao play two widowed mothers, best friends and confidants who spend their days reminiscing about times past. Over the course of a lazy weekend afternoon, the two women conjure memories of Cora's husband, his life, his death, and his passionate affair with Sylvia. A series of wistful flashbacks reveal the sometimes touching, sometimes painful circumstances around the women's deep friendship with one another, and their love for the same man.

6.0

Splendid Float

December 2004 •Chinese

Roy is a Taoist priest but also a drag queen performer. He meets and falls for Sunny but when Sunny disappears without saying goodbye, Roy begins to suspect that something terrible has happened.

7.0

For Fun

September 1993 •Chinese

Required to retire from his job as a utility man at a Peking Opera theater, Old Han is at loose ends, wandering the backstreets of Beijing looking for something to correct.

5.7

The Future of Emily

May 1985 •German

Emily, a child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films. Isabelle wraps a picture, flies to her childhood home to pick up Emily, and plans to leave for her place in France. Old wounds between Isabelle and her parents open around Isabelle's life style. It's also apparent that Isabelle's mother, Paula, is unhappy - with her husband and with her youthful hopes dashed when she became pregnant with Isabelle. Unbeknownst to Isabelle, the co-star of the film she's just made has followed her, checked into a nearby hotel, and wants to begin an affair, even though he's married. Can Isabelle sort it out? What's best for Emily?

6.7

Marie Antoinette

May 2006 •English

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

6.9

Children of a Lesser God

September 1986 •English

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

7.0

Or (My Treasure)

September 2004 •Hebrew

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.

7.0

Away from Her

May 2007 •English

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

6.4

11’09”01—September 11

September 2002 •French

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

5.6

Me and My Sister

November 2004 •French

Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in a small town and is thoroughly unpretentious. Louise's apparent happiness -- and similarities to their mother -- gradually gets on Martine's nerves.

6.2

Fat Girl

March 2001 •French

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.

6.7

Bridget Jones's Diary

April 2001 •English

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.

6.0

You Can Choose Your Friends

June 2007 •English

Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood arguments and to paper over present-day fractures in their relationships.