Journeyman
In a dramatic atmosphere, the movie follows Matty Burton, middleweight boxing champion. Burton believes that the game is danger and he has to look after his family so he decides to retire. But his worse destiny puts him in a last strong match against Andre Bryte, the match that makes Burton goes in a coma. After he wakes up, symptoms of memory loss start to appear on him.
5 July 1983, London, England, UK
31 October 1968, England, UK
5 September 1974, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
1977, England, UK
26 February 1982, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
April 01, 2018
The film is a little self-serious, and the story's recovery arc wraps up too tidily, but as a character study - and showcase for Considine and Whittaker's considerable gifts as actors - it's surprisingly interesting and angular.
April 05, 2018
A disappointing follow-up, then, to Tyrannosaur's fresh whirlwind of emotion. Journeyman is the stale air that follows.
March 30, 2018
A victory on points, if not quite a knockout blow.
April 02, 2018
Paddy Considine's dark and worthy drama Journeyman gives the boxing genre a sombre twist.
April 18, 2018
In [Jodi] Whittaker's hands, [Emma] is a reminder of everything the damaged boxer has lost and needs to find again.
April 02, 2018
[Paddy] Considine, who plays the part, isn't too convincing as a top-level fighter. But then it's not as if the film is much more persuasive in any other regard, beyond its well-meant performances.
April 02, 2018
Boxing is never condemned as Considine is fascinated by his subject. And as an example of his talent and commitment to filmmaking, this film is a knockout
April 02, 2018
Overall it's a moving and effective look at an all too often private pain.
April 13, 2018
Thoughtful, tender-hearted drama pivots around the actor-turned-director's central performance, but that turn is never allowed to overshadow terrific work by [Jodi] Whittaker and [Anthony] Welsh
April 01, 2018
Journeyman doesn't land the punches you'd expect from a boxing movie.
April 02, 2018
With a tightly-focused script, this film feels perhaps a bit slight, like a short stretched to feature length. But it skillfully captures a sense of real life for characters caught in an extraordinary situation.
March 26, 2018
Journeyman is a gentler human drama than Considine's terrific but tough directorial debut 'Tyrannosaur' but equally emotional.
