The true story of a hermit who squatted on a patch of land in Hampstead and got adverse possession has been stretched into a thin rom com.
Emily (Diane Keaton) is an American widow financially struggling to live in her apartment in a well heeled part of Hampstead.
She meets grizzled Donald (Brendan Gleeson) a loner who has been living off the land in a makeshift cabin within some abandoned hospital grounds.
When the area where Donald resides is earmarked for development. Emily helps Donald out to fight the developers and they form an unlikely alliance.
Hampstead aims to be a quirky rom com with eccentric characters. It is a poorly developed screenplay based on a few true facts.
Keaton seems to be the variation of a stock character that she has been playing since Annie Hall. Gleeson is basically the gruff tramp. No one in the movie appears to be a genuine person apart from the character played by Phil Davis.
Emily (Diane Keaton) is an American widow financially struggling to live in her apartment in a well heeled part of Hampstead.
She meets grizzled Donald (Brendan Gleeson) a loner who has been living off the land in a makeshift cabin within some abandoned hospital grounds.
When the area where Donald resides is earmarked for development. Emily helps Donald out to fight the developers and they form an unlikely alliance.
Hampstead aims to be a quirky rom com with eccentric characters. It is a poorly developed screenplay based on a few true facts.
Keaton seems to be the variation of a stock character that she has been playing since Annie Hall. Gleeson is basically the gruff tramp. No one in the movie appears to be a genuine person apart from the character played by Phil Davis.