The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995 · Movie · PG · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
In a small Welsh village during wartime, visiting mapmakers deliver an unwelcome verdict: the beloved local “mountain” doesn’t qualify on official maps. Stung by pride and determined to protect their identity, the community bands together in a quirky, good-natured effort to change the outcome before the outsiders can leave.
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-05-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (317 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a cozy, feel-good comedy about small-town pride, eccentric neighbors, and a light romance, in the same easygoing vein as Baby Boom or The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Not for you if you need fast action or sharp edge.
Pros: warm community spirit; quirky village humor; scenic Welsh backdrop | Cons: slow, gentle pace; thin stretched premise; can feel too twee
Themes
- wales
- world war i
- village
- 1910s
- cartographer
Cast & crew
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
- TV
Tudor Vaughan
as Thomas Twp
- HV
Hugh Vaughan
as Thomas Twp Two
Robert Pugh
as Williams the Petroleum
Robert Blythe
as Ivor
Directed by Christopher Monger