Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
It is a "feel-good" movie that
communicates a sense that the filmmakers like people and believe that though
they are complex and troubled, they are basically good and are capable of change.
T h e audience has the identification and satisfaction of cheering for the underdogs.
T h e film has a visual inventiveness that employs many poetic touches like the image
of Dave and Gaz stranded in a canal on a sinking abandoned car as Gaz's practical
son Nathan scampers away on the bank. Meanwhile the multilayered plot, telling
little stories about six men and a boy, is organized into a coherent dramatic experi
ence by the use of Hero's Journey motifs and devices. By their actions within this
framework, these ordinary men are transformed into heroes for the edification and
enjoyment of the audience. A n d because of the universal recognition of the Hero's
Journey pattern, audiences around the world could find something of themselves in
this story.
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