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Just Jim is a 2015 Welsh black comedy film written and directed by Craig Roberts in his directorial debut. The film stars Roberts as a lonely Welsh teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool American (Emile Hirsch) moves in next door

Just Jim
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Directed by	Craig Roberts
Written by	Craig Roberts
Produced by	Adrian Bate Pip Broughton
Starring	Craig Roberts Emile Hirsch
Cinematography	Richard Stoddard
Edited by	Stephen Haren
Music by	Michael Price
Production companies	Vox Pictures BBC Films
Distributed by	Soda Pictures
Release dates	14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) (SXSW) 25 September 2015 (2015-09-25) (UK)
Running time	84 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£300,000

Cast

• Craig Roberts as Jim
• Emile Hirsch as Dean
• Ryan Owen as Michael
• Charlotte Randall as Jackie
• Nia Roberts as Mum
• Aneirin Hughes as Dad
• Mark Lewis Jones as Donald
• Sai Bennett as Michelle
• Trystan Gravelle as John
• Richard Harrington as Headmaster
• Helen Griffin as Beatrice
• Darragh Mortell as The Bed Boy

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on 14 March 2015 and was released in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2015.

Reception

The film has received generally positive reviews from critics, holding an 85% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.[2] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter states in his review: "A misshapen but nicely dressed coming-of-age film."[3] Fionnuala Halligan of ScreenDaily says "As a directorial debut, though, Just Jim is an encouraging start for Roberts, should he ever wish to give up the day job."[4]

References

External links

• Just Jim at IMDb
• Just Jim at Rotten Tomatoes

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