Bank of Dave

2023

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 16709 16.7K

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Plot summary

The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.

Director

Chris Foggin Photo
Chris Foggin

Top cast

Phoebe Dynevor Photo
Phoebe Dynevor as Alexandra
Jo Hartley Photo
Jo Hartley as Nicola Fishwick
Adrian Lukis Photo
Adrian Lukis as Edward De Thame
Naomi Battrick Photo
Naomi Battrick as Henrietta
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987.81 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 8
1.98 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by clivejenner-35565 8 / 10

A Joyful British Gem

I came across this one on Netflix, not having heard anything about it and was pleasantly surprised. It's the glorious, true story of the little man taking on the establishment. Self made Millionaire Dave Fishwick decides to start a bank in his home town of Burnley to help support local businesses,creating jobs and services for the community. In doing so he comes face to face with the banking establishment, who use all their dirty tricks to prevent him. In a way mirroring the sentiments of classics like It's a Wonderful Life, this film shows what can be achieved when people come together to take on the powers that be. An uplifting gem.
Reviewed by Prismark10 6 / 10

Bank of Dave

Bank of Dave is a heavily fictionalised feelgood comedy drama about Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear.) A truck and minibus dealer in Burnley. After the financial crash of 2008 when banks got bailed out but stopped lending to those in need.Fishwick wanted to start a not for profit bank that would give loans to the local community.In his way is the elitist banking establishment determined that northerner like Fishwick will not get his bank off the ground. So he gets the help of a corporate lawyer Hugh (Joel Fry) from London to make the application for a banking licence.Bank of Dave rightly takes a stick to the banking fat cats who took fraudulent risks, went bust, saved by a Labour government and the taxpayer. All so they could carry on regardless.The movie is too formulaic. Northerners are the salt of the earth, Londoners are hissable villains. There is a romantic subplot involving Hugh and a NHS doctor.There is a good performance from Rory Kinnear. Despite his father hailing from Wigan, his accent seemed to be more generic northern than Lancashire.Director Chris Foggin knows which buttons to push to give it a warm glow. The songs help as well as an appearance from Def Leppard.
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