I'll Be There (2003 film)

I'll Be There is a 2003 British comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Craig Ferguson, who, in his directorial debut, also stars in the film with singer Charlotte Church in her film debut.

Plot

Charlotte Church stars as a young girl who is blessed with a beautiful, natural singing voice although that is generally unknown. Her character was conceived (literally) the night her mother met a Scottish rock star (Craig Ferguson), but the couple fell out of touch and her dad never knew he had a daughter. Much later, he is "sectioned" after a motorcycle accident is viewed as a suicide attempt, and he meets his now 16-year-old daughter while confined to a psychiatric hospital. Her mother felt she had been betrayed by this guy and also has a father who is an old rocker she believed had also failed her so she does not want her daughter to be involved in what she sees as the decadent world of rock music. In spite of her mother's attempts to keep her apart from it though she and her dad get to know each other and become the family they should have been all along.

Cast

Craig Ferguson as Paul Kerr

Charlotte Church as Olivia Edmonds

Jemma Redgrave as Rebecca Edmonds

Ralph Brown as Digger

Ian McNeice as Graham

Imelda Staunton as Dr. Bridget

Anthony Head as Sam Gervasi (credited as Anthony Stewart Head)

Joss Ackland as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS

Joseph Alessi as Enzo

Marion Bailey as Mary

Dominic Cooper as Boyfriend

Danny Webb as Denny Wise

Poppy Elliott as Girlfriend

Stephen Noonan as Gordano (as Steve Noonan)

Ravi Aujla as Dr. Nahar

External links

• I'll Be There at the Internet Movie Database
• I'll Be There at AllMovie
• I'll Be There at Box Office Mojo
• I'll Be There at Rotten Tomatoes