Advantages: some funny lines Disadvantages: extremely weak plot, uninteresting, disgrace to British films
...by first timer Andy Humphries, Sex Lives of The Potato Men promises to be the ultimate British men's film packed with plenty of humour and sex. *** The Plot ***
Dave, Ferris, Jeremy and Tolly all work at a potato warehouse. Dave is married with a kid and Ferris is married but separated and living with his mother in Law. Tolly has an obsession with jam meanwhile Jeremy has an obsession with an ex. Follow all four men as they embark on a quest to ... ...very exciting lives and having sex as much as possible or in some cases, whenever they can find someone willing to have sex with them. Each man has his own little story and each one is as meaningless as the other. A lot of it was downright sick and twisted and I don't think many people would have found it entertaining. An example of how sick the film is, is Tolly and his jam obsession. Apparently when he was with his ex, he used to like licking jam ...
AimeeLouise18 06.02.2005
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Advantages: It's over in two hours Disadvantages: the start, the middle, and the end
...The plot follows the sex lives of four brummie potato-delivery men. Now, you can infer that much from the title, but what you can’t grasp from that alone is that that really is ALL there is to it. This is not “the love lives of the potato men” (as I thought it might have been) or “the lives of the potato men and their hopes and dreams” or anything else at all about the potato men. It’s about who they shag, how they shag, and how often they shag. ... ...is. Simply being just about sex is maybe not enough to drag it down into the depths of Worst Film Ever Made on it’s own, but the film needs no help to get there regardless. Apparently the idea in making the film was to imitate the Confessions genre of the 1970s or the Carry On films, or to create something in-between. But to achieve that it would have to be at least a little bit funny and quite sexy too, and it isn’t. The four potato men live disgusting ...
molelover 09.03.2004
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Advantages: you will love it Disadvantages: or hate it
...tell tale stories of the sex lives of four potato men from Birmingham. With a cast of Johnny Vegas (Blackball) , Mackenzie Crook ( The office) Mark Gatiss (the league of gentlemen) right from the start it sounded good, and for me it was. From feed back off friends end work mates, it seems that this film is very much a lad’s film. In fact im not sure ive herd a lass actually say its good!
Right from the off I could not stop laughing - Johnny Vegas ... ...very crude ( no actual sex scenes are shown i.e no private parts are seen) but it is full of references and clips for the viewers perception ! Hehe,
I can see many people hating this film and also many people liking it, that’s probably why its one of the most controversial films! Especially as it was lottery funded!
Anyway that’s my opinion, watch it and see for your self. Michael ...
michael4wood 16.03.2005
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Advantages: not many Disadvantages: it was released!!
...two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives who deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers. Really imaginative name for the movie, don't you think?
Reviving the confessions of 1970s sex romps genre isn't a bad idea, but these films aren't easy to make as they appear. So while there are a few funny lines of dialog and a tiny whiff of charm in the cast, this is like a bad sitcom stretched on and on as it stumbles throuh each tasteless scene, ... ...Despite a continuous stream of sex talk and sex scenes of every style imaginable, the film isn't remotely sexy, but then a semi naked Jonny Vagas really is something to throw up in your nachos over. However this film has that oddly British ability to be rampant and overwhelmingly timid at the same time, every bed scene is played as slapstick, usually of the gross-out variety. It couldn't be any more joyless really.
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daisymay_chantele 26.04.2005
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Advantages: Humour of Johnny Vegas Disadvantages: Lack of a worthwile storyline, Not much good.
Sex lives of the potato men... The mane sets the tone for the whole DVD, It is a look at the sex lives of Johnny Vegas as Blackball and mackenzie Crook in 1970s Britain and their quest to get laid., the film is a comical look at sex and how easy men think women are. There is a certain humor to the film, you need to like Johnny Vegas to see the funny side of it... I really liked the film but being 18, this is my opinion on it. It is funny but it not ...
johntyyk3 02.05.2007
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