LITTLE VOICE = Gigantic Entertainment!!
Casting Michael Caine and Brenda Blethyn as a seedy down-on-his-luck talent promoter and a greedy shrew of a mother respectively was the easy part of this film. The amazing find here was Jane Horrocks as the titular character LITTLE VOICE, a desperately shy and reclusive young woman who rises to the occasion of going on stage after being discovered by Caine as a drop-dead impersonator of famous singing personalities of the past; Judy Garland, Marylin Monroe, Shirley Bassey, et al. Wonderfully original piece of a character-driven oddity about finding true inspiration through devotion to a loved one. Great ensemble cast here as well, not only with the aforementioned but the always watchable Jim Broadbent as a wannabe comedian/host, and Ewan MacGregor as a true kindred spirit to the timid soul. The actual "big show" interlude is an amazing feat with Little Voice bringing down the house in glorious fashion as she does all her own singing of these incomparable stars of yesteryear!