This jolly romp from the director of The Full Monty provides escapist entertainment in both figurative and literal senses! Jimmy (James Nesbitt), an inept Irish robber who has spent a third of his life in prison, is soon back inside after his pal Rudy (Lennie James) bungles their latest bank job. Seizing on Rudy's identification of the old chapel as the prison's weak point, and on governor Christopher Plummer's love of musicals, Jimmy, in between spells in solitary and falling for Support Unit boss Olivia Williams, persuades the governor to put on his own show - Nelson: The Musical - as a cover-up for an escape bid. Of course, there's a nasty guard (splendidly played by Ron Cook) who has it in for the show's musical director (Timothy Spall in fine dog-eared form) in the story's more serious side. Slow to get under way in its sometimes tiresome opening stages - why does Jimmy run from the bank when he could stroll away? - the film hits its stride once the musical comes into play, with Nesbitt and Williams, both decent singers, displaying genuine chemistry together on and off stage. Plummer is also on good form and bits of the musical prove quite funny, even as you wonder how writer Ronan Bennett is going to steer things to their inevitable upbeat end.