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  1. A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician. Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of Edward, an unusual ten-year-old boy growing up in an old people's home run by his parents. While his mother struggles to keep the family business ...

  2. There is a slightly unrealistic element in the lack of attention given to Edward’s bizarrely morbid hobby. Equally, his mother’s blissful ignorance of her husband’s interest in the young nursing assistant does strain credulity a bit too far. Despite this, the film remains laugh-out-loud comical and deeply tragic, often at the same time.

  3. In 1987 Edward (Bill Milner) is a ten-year-old boy who lives at an old people's home run by his parents (David Morrissey and Anne-Marie Duff). Surrounded by death and dying, he becomes obsessed with finding evidence for the afterlife, often using a tape recorder to capture his "encounters". Edward is helped in his search by Clarence (Michael ...

  4. Edward hates living in the old people's home run by his parents. His only interest is a morbid obsession with ghosts, death and the afterlife. Until, that is, the arrival of reluctant new resident ...

  5. May 1, 2009 · In an English seaside town in 1987, 10-year old Eddie (Bill Milner) lives a dull existence in the retirement home run by his parents (David Morrissey and Anne-Marie Duff). In this place, death is a regular occurrence, and Eddie has become fascinated with the thought of what happens afterwards; so mu

  6. Is Anybody There?: Directed by John Crowley. With Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, Ralph Riach, Linzey Cocker. A lonely boy who lives in his parents' home for the elderly explores his obsession with the afterlife through his friendship with an aging magician.

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  8. Apr 29, 2009 · There's a real sense of growth and development in their personalities courtesy of Peter Harness's script. It superbly captures this odd couple and is peppered full of neatly observed dialogue that ...

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