Directed by:
Dearbhla WalshCinematography:
Ben SmithardComposer:
Tim PhillipsCast:
Dustin Hoffman, Judi Dench, James Corden, Pixie Davies, Hilary Bevan Jones, Pik Sen Lim, Geoffrey McGivern, Richard Cordery, Lara Rossi, Jimmy Akingbola (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Mr Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) lives a quiet retiree's life, tending to his balcony garden, pottering to the shops and back and secretly being passionately, hopelessly in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Silver (Judi Dench). From their first meeting in a cramped lift he is utterly captivated by her sparkle and warmth, but he regularly fails to tell her this during their neighbourly chats over the balcony. When he finds she is distraught that her beloved tortoise, Alfie, doesn’t appear to be growing, Mr Hoppy spots a chance to make his true love happy, and maybe even get closer to her in the process. When Mr Pringle (Richard Cordery), another neighbour, sets his more lascivious sights on Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy’s world crumbles. Stoically, he continues with his cunning plan to make Alfie miraculously grow and finally wins his way into Mrs Silver’s heart - only to find he had been there all the while. (Universal Pictures UK)
(more)Cast
![Dustin Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/250/164250554_be4cd0.jpg)
Dustin Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Papillon (1973)
The Graduate (1967)
![Judi Dench](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205154_c0b055.jpg)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
![James Corden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/987/163987824_f68a27.jpg)
James Corden
UK
Best movies:
One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) (theatrical recording)
The Last Hangman (2005)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Pixie Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/643/159643450_8bfe76.jpg)
Pixie Davies
Best movies:
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) (TV movie)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Our Man in America (2020)
Hilary Bevan Jones
Best movies:
The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
A Mind to Murder (1995) (TV movie)
Restless (2012) (TV movie)
![Pik Sen Lim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/179/163179962_50d679.jpg)
Pik Sen Lim
Malaysia
Best movies:
Plenty (1985)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) (TV movie)
Madame Sin (1972)
Geoffrey McGivern
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Onegin (1999)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) (TV movie)
![Richard Cordery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/869/161869737_9c413f.jpg)
Richard Cordery
Best movies:
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
About Time (2013)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
![Lara Rossi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/746/161746370_80109c.jpg)
Lara Rossi
Best movies:
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) (TV movie)
Anchor and Hope (2017)
Agatha Raisin (2014) (series)
Jimmy Akingbola
UK
Best movies:
Sons of Liberty (2015) (series)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) (TV movie)
Spectral (2016)
![Katie Lyons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172534_117855.jpg)
Katie Lyons
UK
Best movies:
Boy A (2007)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Green Wing (2004) (series)