Rezension von david-1639

I didn't really care for this film. As it is taken directly from a play the whole affair is far too theatrical for a movie. On stage you can get away with a lack of realism as you watch it knowing its a play and can excuse eccentricities. On film however this just doesn't work. I found the characters mainly fairly dislike-able, the dialogue and the way the boys behaved in the school highly unrealistic. For the first 20 minutes or so I actually thought I would like the film, however, as the film went on I found myself struggling to keep interest, and found it all fairly predictable. There's some good performances in there, (Richard Griffiths is always good), and a few funny moments, but in the end I just didn't care about any of them.