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i had been looking for this film for so long before i found it, i had seen it when i was younger and loved it, after my second viewing i still loved it and i still do.

this is a love/hate film, if you like bottom, young ones, the comic strip, then you will find this funny. If you don't like that kind of humour then don't bother. I love this film and have grown up with these comedy programmes, for me this film is simply placing their comic genius on the big screen.. It is not an award winner by any means but if you just want good wholesome slapstick then this is it!

the film lacks the quality of the TV series and this is usually the case with films but it still has enough material to keep you laughing even if a lot of the jokes are pretty similar to their previous work.

yes, the humour is a little childish and not to everyone's taste but sometimes you just need that in a film.

I've always liked to think of myself as an intelligent and sophisticated viewer of both movies and television. I've always prided myself on appreciating films with strong, uncompromising stories. I know what David Lynch is going on about, okay?

The only trouble is that, for some bizarre reason, the sight of Rik Mayall pretending to kick Adrian Edmondson in the groin (accompanied by an over the top crunching sound effect) never, ever fails to make me laugh like an idiot who's just seen an ex-Doctor Who slip over on a banana skin.

So excited was I at Richie and Eddie's leap to the celluloid fantasy of the big screen ('ere, 'ark at 'im) that I arrived an hour and five minutes early. I'd been waiting for the film ever since the first rumours about a year and a half before hand.

With such a build up, how could it leave up to my expectations? Well, I don't know, but it did.

Hysterical laughter ensued right from the off (that's right, I even laughed at the close up of Richie sleeping that starts the film) and didn't stop for, ooh, some time (half way through the ending titles, I think).

As movie sandwiches go, this one had a good spread, but had some very good chunks added to the mixture. Amongst the best were Richie's hysterical laughter/wince inducing 'Candle in the eye' and the scene with Simon Pegg's nipple ring that got a truly amazing reaction from a woman sat near me.

So, I loved it. True, not everybody finds somebody getting a fire extinguisher in the face, or getting trapped in an oven, or all of the other really painful goings on funny, but we don't talk about them.

Any problems? Well...it ended a bit suddenly. It took me a couple of seconds to realize the film was actually over. It did lack Rik and Ade's usual bitter nastiness - just look how many Bottom escapades ended with Richie and Eddie's untimely deaths.

Still, a good note to end on: It's bloody funny. No, bloody bloody funny.

bottom at its absolute highest perfection. who ever says slap stick comedy is dead and boring is completely wrong. not that this film will only appeal to those who are of a masculine nature. this is another quality British dark comedy with many many jokes not violence related, but it helps if you can let your senses go and laugh at the sheer stupidity of it all.

this is a true example of thriving British ingenuity and homegrown talent hats off to them. on a performance level it reminds me very much of the early works of the marx brothers where the same level of enthusiasm and devotion are present in their acting styles, resulting in a performance where the audience can really engage the innate human desire to see others suffer, yet to be detached and still feel safe, much like the principle many TV chat shows operate on. a truly marvelous bit of manipulation leaving all parties feeling better off.

I found the first half of Guesthouse Paradiso extremely funny, but then things went a bit downhill after that. The writers should have kept up the situation-comedy style and guest-abusing, and they should have done something funnier with the aggressive Italian. But because of the first half, I give this 7/10.

..only worse

the beating each other up, and destroying everything in sight was funny when the 2 main characters were still adolescent students in "The Young Ones", but this movie just isn't it. It's slightly funny every now and then, but nothing special.

a 6 (for the sake of it)

The first time I had heard of Guest House Paridiso was in the, er... "washroom" after having just seen Fight Club. In each urinal was deposited a small, round black circle. When the circle came into contact with moisture (to put it delicately), it caused a colour picture to form, with photographs of the two stars and the tag line "You'll P*** Yourself Laughing". When you'd finished washing your hands, the circle had dried and faded to black again, waiting to spring it's surprise on the next "victim".

Okay, maybe the punchline wasn't terribly sophisticated, but you have to admit it was innovative. In fact, I think I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it in my life before, and these days of over a century of cinema and marketing, that's a real feat. What a pity the film that went with it failed to live up to the promise.

I hate to pan Guest House Paridiso and I am indebted to Rik Mayall (Richard Twat) and Adrian Edmondson (Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba) for many years of laughter through their appealing television series, be it the invention of The Young Ones (1982-1984), the sitting room plays of Bottom (1991-1995), or even solo work, such as Rik in the New Statesman (1988-1993). In fact, this would have made an hilarious 45 minute tv special. Unfortunately, its an 89 minute film.

There's definitely some merit to be had, and I laughed continuously throughout the protracted finale, which spoofed the Exorcist and Raiders of the Lost Ark, and involved... well, you'll have to see that bit for yourself. Yet often the pace is leaden, and a sterile atmosphere is throughout. The two stars (Edmondson taking his usual backseat, this time due to the fact that he adequately directs) never really get into first gear, Mayall only sporadically showing the foul-mouthed mania that makes us love him on the small screen. Indeed, the writers' presumption that we are already familiar with the characters leads to them being underdelivered to the audience. The slight hints of depth seen in the series (Richie's effeminate, failed social-climbing for example) are not present here, and instead we are left with parodies of parodies.

The Fawlty Towers accusation does pass water, complete with drunken chef and unseen, called-for waiter "Pasquele", which uncannily rhymes with Manuel. Some of the ideas, such a hotel next to a nuclear reactor with a childrens' swing hanging over a cliff face, are very, very funny, but ultimately the frenetic pace is stolen, the two constantly looking for a studio audience that isn't there, and all the "dead laugh" areas patched up with incidental "comedy" music that would have been dated in a Carry On film two decades ago.

Paridiso's brand of puerile, sadistic, perverse humour IS funny, and I feel sure it will make you laugh ... just not as often as it should.

I saw this when it first came out, and found it to be a work of some genius; but I must confess I was clearly in the minority at the time.

For me, the progressive lunacy of the proprietors of Guest House Paradiso just gets better and better throughout the film, with one of the most hilarious climaxes to a film ever.

But I wouldn't recommend it to Mother.

Lovers of gross-out comic book style humour will appreciate this movie; there are subtle jokes hidden away, but they are usually quickly flattened by a comedy frying pan. Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson are superb, and the deadpan, unsuspecting guests are also excellent.

A sign of what to expect in this film came when I spotted that this was the first (and probably the last) film to have in its credits a "Vomit Technician".

In what is a couple of hours of silly gags, hilarious violence and excellent slapstick humour.

This film was just what you'd expect from the Bottom boys, and it is great to see them back in their best form after Rik Mayall's life threatening accident.

Richie (Mayall) and Eddie (Edmondson) are too similar to their Bottom characters, if we can have any criticism at all, and Edmondson does a surprisingly good job in directing the film also.

This film has already spawned the predictable comparisons to Fawlty Towers that just aren't there, and the Guest House Paradiso itself is hardly Torquay!

Watch out for some excellently crafted dialogue amongst all the violence and mayhem.

If you don't like Bottom you'll probably hate this - but I loved it.

"Guest House Paradiso" manages to capture some of the appeal of the BBC comedy show "Bottom". That is maybe more than I expected to be able to say - this film's reputation is beyond awful.

But equally I can say that it fails to replicate the appeal of the TV series; a practically budget-less, archetypal British sitcom. Of course one with absurdly cartoonish violence - as replicated in one maniacally daft extended sequence here - and a general lack of subtlety, although at times in the early series' you have substantial allusions to Beckett. There are good jokes here, and a general grasp of comedy, but the desperation is truly what is missing from the TV series; the quite melancholic edge of the TV series is lost. Instantly, the echoing of "Fawlty Towers" seems a mistaken step; it has no chance of echoing that small screen triumph of acting and scripting. The familiarity of the setting allows some obvious comic opportunities to come from it, and indeed there are laughs. But really, it seems Ade and Rik settle for too little, when they could have perhaps taken "Bottom" in an interesting big screen direction.

The comic playing is steady, but really minor fare aside from the regulars; or leads, considering this is a film. The desperation, as I said, does not truly register as much in the characters as in the TV show: Richie is Fawlty-fied to some extent and loses much of his social pretension and often just becomes an unpleasant, absurd man; Eddie is pretty much the absurd, resigned, would-be 'hardman' he was in the TV series, if not drawn in as much depth. To be fair, Mayall and Edmondson are amusing; they cannot fail but be that. I've long liked their work, as a broad, if also very sophisticated comic pairing. But there is nothing new to the characters or anything truly to match the depth gone into in the three TV series' - which often were practically two-handers of inspired banality and cracked civility.

Just one minor but telling pointer on this film's failure; the characters' admittedly jokey original surnames are changed - from Richard 'Richie' Richard to Richie Twat - cue unsubtle, old pronunciation jokes - and Edward 'Eddie' Elizabeth Hitler to Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba - why? This is a nutshell of the film's lack of a canny instinct in translating "Bottom" to film. Yes, there are fine moments here; Richie's dream - the promise of the 'nymphs' turning to a drenching in cider and absurdly maniacal Eddie laughter; "Ha ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-*HA*!" The absurd laugh that Richie does when a would-be guest says, "This place is like the Mary Celeste"... Mayall and Edmondson do their business very well on such bits, being very able, seasoned comic performers. Also, Eddie's getting those child guests drunk and taking them to play on a swing that is going over a cliff; very good. Such parts as these are very "Bottom", others - the wince-worthy Simon Pegg nipple lifting, the unstable Italian husband of Helene Mathieu - are really not worth commenting on. I like the ending a little, with Eddie's tortured decision over whether to exchange his suitcase, jammed full with booze, for a new identity, money and passport. "Oh... all *right*...!" ;-) And then a song by the ever-glorious Bonzo Dog Band playing out over the credits. But the whole end section of toxic extrusion is very tenuously linked in. Fairly spectacular in a goofball, 'gross' fashion, but it really isn't character or dialogue comedy, as "Bottom" should largely be.

Basically, a poor film, watchable certainly, but sadly irrelevant next to the TV "Bottom". It revels in 'gross out', unsophisticated comedy of the most shameless kind, without enough real context. This is not always bad, and the film sporadically entertains, but really there is far too little... far too little of that great feeling one got when watching the TV series; a beast possessed of wonderfully crude humour and sodden anguish at life.

Rating:- **/*****

Guest House Paradiso is Rik's and Ade's finest hour, given the big screen treatment it is way better than Bottom. I really do not understand why this film has such bad press is it Rik's reputation and his love hate relationship with the tabloids? The manic cartoonish violence, the bottom/toilet humour and schoolboy jokes are not everyone's cup of tea but Ade and Rik as their characters in the TV show are, are purposely absurd and unsophisticated characters, this is why internationally they are immediately recognisable and loved. Mayall and Edmondson do their best to craft a wonderfully crude film with humour that will be understood in ever country on the planet, if this is what they set out to do, to make an international popular hit, they succeeded hands down. So in my humble opinion this Guest House Paradiso is a stonking success and their finest hour.

That's what you should expect going into this film if you don't want to be disappointed. Anyone who has seen the TV series 'Bottom' will be familiar with the characters of Richie and Eddie (despite the surname changes, still the same characters, and to be honest the surname changes provide some of the funnier gags - I mean a hotel manager called Richard Twat (pronounced 'Thwaite', of course...) can hardly fail to raise a smile).

If you are unlucky enough to have never seen the series, then you've missed out on a gem of British comedy - now is the perfect time to see what you've been missing. OK so the film definitely won't have universal appeal, but if you can still laugh at toilet humour then you'll be right at home with this.

Near enough from beginning to end I was in stitches, in fact I can't recall the last time a cinema was so full of laughter (no mean feat considering there were only about 8 people at the screening). So there you have it - a simple slapstick comedy that should have you laughing most of the way through. If you are in any doubt, watch the trailer - if you laugh, you'll love the film, if you don't then it's best to steer clear.

There are some bits of this film that make you want to vomit. thats fine because most of the cast end up doing just that. There are parts of the film that make you want to cringe up into a little ball until the nastiness passes. Don't do it. watch the nipple ring sequence. watch the fight sequences. thrill to the lurid green projectile upchuck that somehow manages to reference 'The Exorcist' AND 'Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom' at the same time.

Just one thing to remember about this project: it does feel like a movie. this is not just an extra long 'Bottom' episode, it is a complete movie. the sets are actually very good, feeling like a location shoot rather than a soundstage, and there are some very funny squalid moments. The cast is very well put together, and even the young children are not annoying. The subtle humour of the Plant workers lock-in when one guy is clearly drinking from a ladies half pint glass, the sequence where Eddie packs his suitcase and the state of the kitchen.

The long opening with Eddie on the bike is for me though the weak point. it seems too long and almost to silly to laugh at. It ios eceptionally well filmed and edited, and the stunt sequences are fantastic. Technically Ade Edmundson has produced a very fine result. choreography and timing are worthy of Jackie chan, and in many places the script is two of Britains funniest actors/writers going full on to offend.

I went to see it about 3 days before Xmas and lets just say it, it was a great Xmas trip!!!! Better than Fawlty Towers any day!!!!When I heard the name Mr. Twat, I killed myself laughing!! With him getting stuck in the oven with that underwear was brill but oh the chef was hilraious!! Spud Gun at his best!!! But I look around and everyone seems to hate it!!! Well youre not true Bottom fans!!! Im getting it when it comes onto video, thats for sure!!!!

I cant see how some people cant find this film funny i saw the end of it on Sky Movies in 2001 thought i would by the DVD since then i have laughed my balls of with lines like Rik Mayalls laugh "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" and Eddies "Hello night porter" when they never get any phone calls overall i think this film is very very funny.

I had seen Rik Mayall in Blackadder and the New Statesman, so I thought I'd give this film a try.

At around 4 pm I bought it, at around 8pm I started to watch, at around 8.15pm I fast forwarded the remaining film to see if there was anything left watchable for a human being with a brain... but there wasn't. At around 8.45pm I threw the DVD into the dustbin. And that's where this "film" belongs.

What ever happened to British humour? The humour so fine and witty, intelligent and artful that you find in Yes, Minister, Blackadder, Vicar of Dibley, Fawlty Towers or The Fast Show? The black humour Britain is so famous for? I don't want to insult anybody, but I presume even stupid children wouldn't find this funny. They deserve more intelligent fun. And Rik Mayall, you can do better, so please, do!

Well, well, well! what can you say? Masterpiece seems to weak! perfect is not enough! Divine? perhaps. this is the best slapstick movie I have ever seen. the kitchen scene beats anything. It´s stupid, disgusting, and... totally wonderful. I worship this movie. (wonder why no one have done action figures of Richie and eddie)

Guest House Paradiso is a funny movie, in fact at times it reaches levels of hilarity. The film flows all the way through and is only marred by the ending. The ending looks as if a large portion of the budget has been splashed on it but it ruins the film and leaves you with a sense of disappointment. This is because the ending deters from the rest of the film which is truely vintage bottom. Richie and Eddie are gleaming and for a while Eddie takes the most laughs even though Richie is my personal favourite.

The violence is great and the dialogue is extremely witty, especially when Richie corrects one of the guests about how to pronounce his name and blurts out the 'C' word. You'll just have to see the movie to understand the context of the gag.

On a personal note I am happy to see Rik Mayall back on form after his near fatal accident.

Top class for a comedy and on those grounds (considering the poor ending).

7.5/10

I have always been a fan of Bottom, grabbing as many videos as I could find of the series here in the states. The chemistry between Rik and Ade is always genius, and the combination of smart writing and utterly stupid humor seems to work without fail. I thus sat down to watch this movie with great eagerness... and was utterly disappointed by the end.

The first 3/4 of the movie can best be described as uninspired and poorly directed (sorry, Ade!), but with some utterly brilliant moments. Unfortunately, these laugh-out-loud moments make you realize how less-than-brilliant the rest of the movie is. The slapstick starts off funny but eventually becomes a bit boring, with only the perverted sex jokes to keep things humorous.

The end of the movie (the 'green' scenes, for those of you who've seen it) was... perhaps the worst ending I've seen in the past decade. Honestly. It was one joke repeated about thirty times, followed by an abrupt ending that made no sense (which didn't bother me) and wasn't funny (which did).

To sum up, I was sorely disappointed by this movie. I shall cling to the few brilliant moments in it, to retain the fondest memories that I can... but I have to warn you, if you're about to overpay for your NTSC conversion tape from the local importer, don't. There are far better things to spend your money on.