The Toll

Theater date: 2021-08-05

Blu-ray release date: N/A

Rated: N/A

5.60 (IMDB)

Genre: ComedyThrillerCrime

Language: en

Status: Released

Length: 1h 23min

Languages:

Cymraeg
Français
English

Description:

Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time.

Top Cast >

Michael Smiley

As Toll Booth

Annes Elwy

As Catrin

Gary Beadle

As Elton

Iwan Rheon

As Dom

Steve Oram

As Mr Henry

Evelyn Mok

As Dixie

Paul Kaye

As Cliff

Julian Glover

As Magnus

Darren Evans

As Tab

Gwyneth Keyworth

As The Triplets

Dewi Morris

As Pops

Sarah Breese

As Frankie

Ioan Hefin

As Morgan Farm

Hefin Rees

As Gwyn

Martyn Stallard

As Daffodil

Dean Rehman

As Victor

Dan Renton Skinner

As Sergeant Simon

Carys Eleri

As Betty

Meghan Tyler

As Rose

Tom Anderson

As Surfing Cop

Alan Collis

As Man on Bike

Top Crew >

Ryan Andrew Hooper

Director

Adrian Peckitt

Director of Photography

Rael Jones

Original Music Composer

John Richards

Editor, Associate Producer

Robert Halmi Jr.

Executive Producer

Vaughan Sivell

Executive Producer, Producer

Dom Corbisiero

Production Sound Mixer

Mary Burke

Executive Producer

Jack Knott

Line Producer

Jo Scholar

Set Dresser

Aaron Roberts

Unit Manager

Henry Simmons

Standby Art Director

Lottie McDowell

Standby Art Director

Gwilym Jenner

Camera Trainee

Matt Redd

Associate Producer, Writer

Dawn Thomas-Mondo

Costume Designer

Bethan Kate Harris

Makeup Designer, Hair Designer

Jeanne Baker

Production Accountant

Zoe Payne

Art Direction, Set Decoration

Paul Higgins

Executive Producer

Hannah Purdy Foggin

Production Design

Nick Davies

Production Sound Mixer, Sound Mixer, Sound Designer

Teresa Orlando

Second Assistant Director

Baljinder Singh Sidhu

Location Manager

John Malaney

Gaffer

Simone Pereira Hind

Casting Director

Eszter Telegdy

Production Coordinator

Matt Farrant

First Assistant Camera

Matthew French

Second Assistant Camera

Adam Partridge

Executive Producer

Aisling Hughes

Script Supervisor

Jamie Hitchens

Best Boy Electric

Simon Hawland

First Assistant Director

Rhiannon Tate

Third Assistant Director

Jim Reeve

Executive Producer

Liam Hartney

Key Grip

Michael McDuffie-Finlay

Digital Imaging Technician

Ben Unwin

Editor

Claire Polydorou

Costume Supervisor

Callum Abraham

Assistant Editor

Robyn MacDonald

Makeup Artist

Amy Lonsdale

Assistant Makeup Artist

Anna Dawson

Casting Associate

Paul J. Wright

Colorist

Sophie Wyn Richards

Costumer

Richard Brooks

Sound Mixer

Owen Peterson

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Hopkins

Producer

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (5/10)

Now I'm usually a fan of Welsh movies. They usually excel at making me laugh, and at not taking themselves at all seriously. Well this one - not so much! Michael Smiley ("Brendan") mans a remote toll port-a-cabin in west Wales where he is lucky to see three or four cars per day. Why would anyone want such a dull job? Well local police officer "Catrin" (Annes Elwy) arrives at his booth one night and he proceeds to explain all about his somewhat dodgy criminal past, and soon we are immersed in a retrospective style feature involving kidnapping, murder and the theft of some iDrops! The comedic elements, and there are some, raise a smile for a few minutes but that doesn't sustain 80 minutes as the film quite quickly runs out of steam. Iwan Rheon is underused, and the soundtrack offers us hope of an ending that simply doesn't deliver. The dialogue is unnecessarily ripe at times, there's little shock or entertainment value in that anymore - we are all just to anaethetised to it now. Clearly a labour of love for Matt Redd and Ryan Hooper, and I suppose that this is the kind of low budget film that the BFI ought to be funding; but just wait til it gets onto the small screen. No need at all to see this at a cinema.

2022-04-14