Although it is perfectly reasonable that the film would try to combine all three of these, it doesn't really pull it off as well as it could have done. However watching the film it doesn't seem to completely ever decide if it wants to explore this, the relationship between Ruth and Dennis or a coming of age story surrounding David. From the trailer it seemed that it was clearly going to be about overcoming prejudice and using cricket as a plot device for this. Featuring a handful of people from Eastenders, UK actors and one Hollywood star this film was a strange find at the cinema but it understandably didn't do a great deal while it was there. However when it transpires that they have been making a set of cricket nets David ignores the community disapproval and starts to play with the Samuels family.
The eldest of the family, Dennis, immediately uproots the roses in the garden and begins doing who knows what, to the amusement of the neighbours. When his Jewish neighbours move out, the Wiseman's find themselves dropping down the neighbourhood suspicion list as the new neighbours are Jamaican. His efforts to get onto the school cricket team start and end with doing the scoreboard while at home his collection of player cards takes up his time. David Wiseman loves cricket and follows it religiously despite not actually being any good at it.
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