My new movie friend (you know who you are!) pitched this as ‘Four Weddings & a Funeral’. That sold it for me then and there! as it had been a while since I’d seen a good romantic comedy.
Unfortunately, (in my wee opinion) it was nothing close. It somehow, missed the mark – it was almost flat. There were lots of good things about it, 80’s music and setting, university life, varsity trivia competitions/ rivalry – finding yourself, James McAvoy (Last King of Scotland) – but none of these things quite worked together. It was odd – it should have worked but it didn’t! I noted that Tom Hanks produced this film along with BBC. Only the British can do their own films justice (greats like Hot Fuzz, 4 Weddings etc). Why is an American production company watering down the unique flare and humour that the British have – almost making it a ‘Made for TV movie’?
The only highlight of the movie was the ‘dope’ scene, but otherwise I laughed more in Transformers…..
Steph’s rating: 5/10
Recommended as a good watch however we considered it a little average. There were some funny moments but the movie had no real sense of purpose at times, simply covering the I’m growing up and leaning about life stuff.
Wayne’s rating 5/10