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Cricket

posted 19 years ago by flopearedmule
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I enjoyed the film alot but it's pretty clear the producers don't know much more about cricket than the villagers! Some of the terminology ("left field", "foul", "defensive side": not cricket terms) could be translation issues but Christopher crying "leg before wicket" when the batsman was hit on the helmet? I don't think so. Also the game they were watching at the bar was England v South Africa, not India like he said.

The worst though when Christopher and the bank manager were drunkenly talking about the best players the names used are just made up. Surely someone could've spent ten seconds on Google to find real players. I'm Australian and I know who Wayne Gretsky is!

Sweet movie though.

[–] yanic007 19 years ago

Very good point!

[–] levraicafeine 19 years ago

So there ARE people who like that game... I thought it was just a rumour.

[–] TimMeade 19 years ago

Whilst I agree with all the above, as a cricket fan I was pleased to see the game get such positive and unexpected coverage.

There were also continuity errors when they were watching the England Test Match on the TV, with England's score changing erratically: 26-1 , 37-2, 138-5, then back to 37-2 and so on.

[–] Unspoken_Request 18 years ago

The film was aimed at French canadians. At first, very few thought it would be seen outside Canada, let alone the director (it was his firt full length movie).
NO ONE (and I literaly mean no one) plays cricket in Quebec.

+ knowing that most stuff about cricket in the movie is inexact, I think it adds to the comedic value of the movie:
One of the thing that is funny about Cricket in the movie is that it remains a complete mystery as to how this weird thing is played. Knowing that the producers, as the villagers, never really bottered to learn anything about the game except its cosmetic aspect makes it even funnier.The villagers were trying to fool the doctor about their knowledge of the game, as the producers tried to do the same with the spectator...

[–] guypomca 18 years ago

Actually I used to work for the University of Montreal and there is a cricket field near the football (American football ;P) field. I read in the newspaper that there is about 6 teams that play cricket in Quebec and the league is about 100 years old. Heh, we were a British colony too ;).

[–] parrap10 17 years ago

That is hilarious, I will honestly say that I never once heard of anybody playing cricket around here. But I suppose it does just add to the comedic value of the movie. I was a little disappointed though. I wanted to see what it was. lol. Oh well, great film anyways

"Fat, drunk,and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Animal House

[–] mpg138 15 years ago

No one plays cricket in Quebec?! That simply ain't true matey. I've played a couple of games there & there were even Québécois playing

http://www.canadacricket.com/links.htm
http://www.adastrians.com/
http://www.montrealoverseas.webs.com/
http://www.cricketquebec.com/pages/default.htm
http://bmo.cyberpensioners.com/events/cricket/cricket.pdf

[–] leonard_luke 16 years ago

You missed the point. They were supposed to know nothing about cricket. It's a clear point in the plot that they know nothing, hence "Leg before wicket" when someone gets hit in the head. It's called comedy, I think.

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[–] longshanks-5 8 years ago

"It's a clear point in the plot that they know nothing, hence "Leg before wicket" when someone gets hit in the head."

Yeah, but it's the doctor who says "Leg before wicket" and he's supposed to know about cricket.