''Patrick'' is a 2018 British

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directed by

Mandie Fletcher Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher (born 27 December 1954) is a British television and film director. Fletcher began her career at the BBC as an assistant floor manager and later production manager on comedy programmes, becoming a director of situation ...

, who co-wrote the film with Vanessa Davies and Paul de Vos, and distributed by Buena Vista International.

Plot

The film is about a young woman named Sarah, whose life changes when her grandmother bequeaths her prized possession, a spoilt

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named Patrick. Sarah recently moved into a new apartment with a no-pet policy and just got employed teaching year 11 English. She struggles to deal with both Patrick and discipline in her school. After a few incidents with Patrick, she finally connects with the students and really starts to connect with Patrick. Patrick helps her to meet two potential love interests, one is a narcissistic vet and the other is a student’s father, Ben. She loses Patrick, but then finds him waiting for her at the end of a 5 km charity run (where she raised £1,000 for a mobility scooter). In the closing scenes, Sarah and Ben sail a boat down a river with Ben’s daughter on deck.

Cast

Beattie Edmondson Beatrice Louise "Beattie" Edmondson (born 19 June 1987) is an English actress. She played a main character in the BBC Three sitcom ''Josh (TV series), Josh''. Early life Beatrice Louise Edmondson is the middle daughter of comedians Ade Edmondson ...

as Sarah Francis *

Emily Atack Emily Jane Atack (born 18 December 1989) is an English actress, comedian, and television personality. She is best known for playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008-2010), and for her roles in Keith Lemo ...

as Becky *

Ed Skrein Edward George Skrein (; born 29 March 1983) is a British actor, film director, screenwriter and rapper. He gained experience as an actor in independent films or television series. In the years that followed, he became known for portraying Daario ...

as the Vet * Tom Bennett as Ben *

Adrian Scarborough Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 10 May 1968) is an English actor. He has appeared in films including ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), ''The History Boys'' (2006), ''The King's Speech'' (2010 ...

as Mr. Peters * Jennifer Saunders as Maureen * Bernard Cribbins as Albert *

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan ...

as Alan * Cherie Lunghi as Rosemary *

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is a English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, ...

as Head Teacher Phillips *

Roy Hudd Roy Hudd, OBE (16 May 1936 – 15 March 2020) was an English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment. Early life Hudd was born in Croydon on 16 May 1936 to Evalina "Evie" (née ...

as Eric the Caretaker * Gemma Jones as Celia
Olivia Buckland
as Vet's Receptionist

Release

The film was originally scheduled for an 24 August 2018 release, but in November 2017 the film was pushed forward to 29 June 2018 in place of the initial UK release of '' Ant-Man and the Wasp'', which was pushed back to 3 August 2018 to avoid competition with the

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. The film opened at #8 in the UK, moving up to #7 the following week. In other countries, the film was released by various other distributors later in 2018. It received a limited release in the United States in February 2019 by

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, grossing $6,290.

Home media

The movie was released on DVD in the UK on 3 November 2018 by

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under the Buena Vista Home Entertainment label.

Reception

Critical response

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, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Its pugnacious protagonist is certainly adorable, but the thoroughly formulaic ''Patrick'' will only give paws to the most pup-obsessed film fans." On

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the film has a score of 28% based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

References

External links

* 2018 films 2018 comedy films Films about dogs Films about educators British comedy films Films distributed by Disney Films directed by Mandie Fletcher Films about pets 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{2010s-UK-comedy-film-stub