Little Voice

1998
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a k... Read allA shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 30 nominations total

Trivia
Jane Horrocks sang all her own songs.

Goofs
The character played by Michael Caine during a conversation with Jane Horrocks' character, when naming the famous people he had met in the past, called Matt Monro "the singing bus conductor", when in fact Monro was a bus driver before he became famous.

Quotes
LV: He never spoke up to you because you'd never listen. I never spoke up to you because I could never get a word in!

Crazy credits
Special Thanks to ... Jason Wheeler and Team, ... Staff at St. Nicholas Hotel, Wreahead Hotel and East Ayton Lodge, ... The People of Scarborough ... North Yorkshire Police (Scarborough Department), Scarborough Borough Council, South Bay Traders Association, Haven Holidays (Cayton Bay), Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Prince of Egypt/Shattered Image/Little Voice/A Simple Plan/Central Station (1998)

Soundtracks
Come Fly With Me
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Cahn Music Co/WB Music Corp/Maraville Music Corp
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd/International Music Network
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets

User reviews172

Review

Featured review

A film to make you feel

Summary:

This is the story of a painfully shy girl who takes comfort escaping the harsh world of her overbearing mother by enclosing herself in a world of music. The peace she finds while playing her late father's records is the only world she's at home in. She sings the songs to her father's memory with an unbelievable ability to capture not just the voices of artists such as Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, and Marilyn Monroe but also the tone, the passion and the quality that made them legends. This ability is overheard by a talent agent who sees fortune in her voice. He tries to rip her out of her private world and force her into the terrifying spot light.

My Opinion:

I watched this film and was amazed. The characters of LV (Jane Horrocks) and Billy (Ewan McGregor) are just so adorable that you love them from the moment they are on screen. The performances of all the supporting players are good but the performance of Jane Horrocks is amazing. It's the kind of performance awards were created to celebrate, but got no where near the kind of recognition it deserved. Hardly saying anything throughout the first part of the film she communicates so much through her eyes and expressions. Then when she sings she does not just 'mimic' the voices of legends but proves she is a legend in her own right.