Released
The Van
November 29 1996 (about 28 years ago)Rating
63
Based on
70 reviews
A comedy about friends, family and fish.
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Writer: Roddy Doyle
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 40 m
- Box office: $712,095
- Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
- Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, BBC Film, Deadly Films, Beacon Pictures
In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.
