Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) - Synopsis

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) - synopsis headingEveryone's favourite UK actors star in the fantastic new British comedy Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002). Dek (Rhys Ifans) and Shirley (Shirley Henderson) live together with 12 year-old Marlene, her daughter by the sexy delinquent Jimmy (Robert Carlyle), who skedaddled years ago. When Jimmy witnesses Dek's humiliating marriage proposal to Shirley on national television, he returns to town convinced that he can win Shirley back. But he hasn't reckoned on the formidable resistance from their daughter Marlene, his sister Carol (Kathy Burke) and her husband Chalie (Ricky Tomlinson). Nor could he anticipate the heroic, last-minute challenge from mild-mannered, love-sick Dec…