Eaten by Lions

Eaten by Lions tries too hard to be a northern feel good low budget farcical comedy.

When their parents were eaten by lions on a trip to Africa. Half brothers Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll) were raised by their grandmother. After it was made clear the boys aunt did not want the asian Omar, but the disabled Pete would be reluctantly taken in as he was white.

Now teenagers the boys are on the verge of being split up again after the death of their grandmother. The aunt makes it clear that Omar is not welcome.

They leave Bradford and head to Blackpool to find Omar's real father. Only to find that dad Irfan (Asim Chaudhry) is a man child himself.

Omar tries to fit in with Irfan's extended family. Pete tries to fight off the advances of Irfan's mute relative.

There is a little bit of everything from other movies here. Steve Martin's The Jerk to the Schwarzenegger and Devito comedy vehicle Twins. The flirty relative was straight out of My Beautiful Launderette. The horrid aunt might as well be the Dursleys from Harry Potter.

Populated by eccentric characters, Johnny Vegas playing the slightly lewd Uncle Ray (another variant of Uncle Monty from Withnail and I.) It tried to be funny but rarely made me laugh.

It was a scattergun script, when the movie would had been better to let have fewer characters and let them develop.

Although a low budget film, the Blackpool scenes were well photographed.

Great family fun movie where diversity is portrayed in a positive light unlike the images we often see in the media.The relationship between the brothers and their grandma is heart warming and reminds us what a difference this can make in times of adversity.This film made me laugh out loud at the same time as making me feel emotional at times and kept me interested in the storyline throughout.

Eaten by Lions, 2018. Fun film, about two siblings (half siblings who share the same mum) with different dads. Following the death of their gran who brought the boys up, they seek out Omar's Dad who they find in some of their gran's letter lives in Blackpool.

Featuring , Jack Carrol, now of Coronation Street and written by David Isaac, Corrie writer, there is a lot for Corrie fans to enjoy. Throw in. Brit TV regulars, Johnny Vegas, Vickie Pepperdine, Kevin Eldon, Nitin Ganatra and best of all Tom Binns has a terrible fortune teller on Blackpool prom.

Think East is East with its mix of Asian and English culture mix, with it's feelgood storyline.

If you've been to Blackpool you'll recognise a lot of its settings, along with its more affluent neighbour Lytham St Anne's.

A lovely Sunday afternoon kind of film 7/10.

The film isn't perfect and has a slight feel of cheap TV movie but the gags are written well most I've laughed at a film in quite some time and is mostly well written. The storyline gets by and great cameos by Johnny Vegas and others hold it together. Overall an enjoyable film even if it didn't feel slightly tacky and jumpy storyline wise at times.

Comedy drama.

Starts very strong with a heart-warming plot and frequent LOL humour.

Two half-brothers Omar and Pete are on a journey to find Omar's estranged father after their granny (who looked after them) passes away.

Pete is played by Jack Carroll, who UK viewers might recognise, but might not know why? He was a very young comedian and runner up in a recent Britain's got Talent contest. I think he was well cast and showed he can be a first rate actor as well.

Also stars Johnny Vegas, another well-known UK comedian, who wasn't used enough, he stole every scene. This is a great British film, which unfortunately really loses its way during the Rolls Royce sketch.