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MOVIE REVIEW: BANK OF DAVE 0:00 / 0:00 Bank of Dave Bank of Dave is a true-ish story about a successful van salesman named Dave Fishwick. He’s a native of Burnley, a former mill town north of London. During the global financial crisis, Dave gave low-interest loans to his fellow townspeople, all of whom had been rejected by British banks. He donated all profits to local charities. His efforts were so successful that Dave decided to hire a tony London law firm, asking them to help him establish a local bank, run by a commoner for the benefit of commoners. He planned to continue his practice of donating the profits to local charities. The firm accepted Dave’s case, not because they thought it was winnable, but because Dave would pay well. They sent a lawyer named Hugh to Burnley. Hugh was pessimistic about the venture and felt contemptuous toward the town’s inhabitants. Actor Joel Fry does a good job of portraying Hugh. You might recognize him as Hizdar zo Loraq from Game of Thrones . Hugh’s pessimism regarding the task was warranted. The British Financial Regulation Board (FRB) had not approved a new bank in 150 years. Worse yet, the board was a closed club of elitists who made all the banking rules. Hugh Bonneville, (Lord Grantham in Downtown Abby ), plays Sir Charles, an influential member of the FRB. When he heard about the Bank of Dave, Sir Charles declared: “Once ordinary people start thinking they can get in on the act, the floodgates will open…. The Financial Regulation Board exists to ensure that the people’s money is entrusted to the right sort of chap.” In his view, “the right sort of chap” was a high class, affluent, person who has attended all the right schools, not a commoner like Dave. After stubbing his toe, Hugh, the lawyer, went to a hospital where he met Alexandra, Dave’s niece. She was an ER doctor there. Hugh made a bad first impression by trying to jump the line ahead of other patients who were waiting for care. Alexandra put Hugh in his place whi
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