Comedy > 12 years and over Comedy > 2007

A saintly film?

Advantages: fun
Disadvantages: none really

... The history St Trinian's school was not invented for this film, the film was made around the fictionary girls' boarding created by Ronald Searle. The creation of the school was in response to the Enid Blyton type books which see very well behaved children attending boarding school and having a jolly lovely time! This school, however, sees that the girls who attend this boarding school are the children of crooks and gambling addicts and other ...
...fictional school. St Trinian's 2007 The film I am reviewing is the latst film which was released in 2007. The storyline is based around a girl- Annabelle Fritton who is forced to attend this school by her father, who is the brother of the head mistress- Miss Fritton. The school is intimidating and daunting for Annabelle who soon realises that there are no rules and it is a case of having to find your niche and slotting in with the other ...

mrbing10 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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PS I Love You

Advantages: Nice story, scenes of Ireland
Disadvantages: Not as good as the book

This was definitely a case of loved the book and then was quite excited about it being made into a movie and then was let down and disappointed by the resulting movie. PS I Love You was a novel written by Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern and published in 2004. Cecelia is the daughter of the former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The book reached #1 bestseller status in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands. The movie ...
...Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. My biggest problem with the film was that they Americanised it and set it in New York, the lower side of East Manhattan whereas the book was set in Ireland. For me I think the setting of the book made it partly what it was. The writer is obviously Irish and I think the country and place conjours up a time that it less fast paced and more down to earth and by setting the movie in New York I thought they took the magic ...

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Really baaad sheep

Advantages: Funny, gory
Disadvantages: Ultimately not that memorable

...this New Zealand film called Black Sheep, I thought it was worth a try. And I'm glad I did - this is very much a black comedy with great lumps of horror thrown into the mix. However, it is not without its flaws. Obviously, because the actors are from New Zealand, I am not very familiar with any of them, and in any case, none of them really stood out. Nathan Meister plays Henry Oldfield, and he does a more than adequate job considering that he is ...
...his fear of sheep is well done, particularly when you see exactly what it is he has to face! He looks a bit like Matt Damon, but doesn't quite have Damon's pizzaz - not that that affects how he plays the role - I just don't think that I would recognise him in another role without it being pointed out that I had seen him here first. Still, he does the job, which ultimately is all that matters, even if some of his lines are delivered a bit woodenly. ...

sunmeilan 24.03.2009 · Read full review
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Just Be Kind

Advantages: Shows the joy of filmmaking.
Disadvantages: A little sentimental in places.

...flow to what would otherwise be a generic montage. It is also symptomatic of the sense of fun inherent in Gondry’s filmmaking. There are other moments as we watch the “sweded” versions of the films, which show the memorable bits from a number of pictures. The films-within-a-film look as cheap as chips – shot on grainy, scratchy video with intentionally bad acting and continuity. But they show a great deal of invention in how they circumvent budgetary ...
...kind of bloke who would be hanging around an outmoded video shop. He’s also confident in the slapstick the role requires. Mos Def is one of few rappers-turned-actors who can actually act and he’s thoroughly likeable as Mike. He comes across as a genuinely nice guy with few ambitions but a great sense of loyalty. He’s a good straight-man to Black and brings an appealing naivety to the role. Melonie Diaz is sweet and smart as Alma, bridging the gap ...

afy9mab 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Be Kind Rewind (DVD)

Funny with balls

Advantages: can be picked up at a good price, some good comedy moments, good characters
Disadvantages: could be funnier in places

I had not heard much about this movie, but the dvd was on sale at £3 at my local asda, so I thought it was probably worth a go. It's a comedy starring Christopher Walken and Dan Fogler. The basic storyline is that Randy Daytona, a down and out child table tennis prodigy of many years ago, is persuaded by the FBI to take the sport up again to help on a secret mission. This is to help capture his father's killer and FBI target Feng. To help train ...
...a team of table tennis experts are enlisted. The leader of this is blind table tennis guru Wong and his niece Maggie (who turns out to be Randy's love interest). In the hope of an invite to Feng's master table tennis tournament Randy must prove himself on the circuit. He achieves this and gains an invite to the tournament where he meets past opponents and it literally is sudden death..... This is a good, light film. Obviously the storyline is very ...

katherineh123 03.10.2009 · Read full review
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