Rocksterious

None of this travesty could be considered "enjoyable" in any way!

The cinematography was adequate, I suppose.

And the SFX were decent, if this was a movie from the 1980s!

But, beyond that, the entire endeavour was sub-par to say the least.

The acting was generally poor.

The direction was misguided and incompetent.

The writing was almost laughably dismal.

The characters were unrelatable and entirely unsympathetic.

The plot was nonsensical even in the final reveal.

The dialogue was pathetic and amateurish.

The protagonists were forgettable and pointless.

The antagonists were irrelevant and just as forgettable.

I felt no emotional connection to any of the characters in this movie, and couldn't even remember any of their names from one scene to the next!

The actions/reactions of every character were illogical in virtually every scene.

In summary: This was a waste of my time and to be honest, I rated it far too highly simply because I'd hate to be responsible for the "actors" in this travesty to suffer as a result!

Please do yourself a favour and avoid this utter nonsense. It's bad, really bad!

Just trust me on this... You're welcome!

WARNING: My comments should be regarded as - a sad old sod's musings on a movie remembered fondly from his youth! I'm not going to dissect the movie scene by scene. I won't compare Forsyth's earlier works with his best known or "finest" moments. I'm not even going to discuss any particular aspect of the film! Not the setting, the story, the dialogue, not even the individual performances! I'm simply going to say that I remember watching this movie (with my family) on TV back in the early eighties and laughing so hard it actually hurt! I have no idea if it has aged well or not because I haven't seen it in over 20 years but I will say this in it's favour/defence, "That Sinking Feeling" gave Glasgow a voice and a character that's rarely been heard before nor since! Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Glaswegian so I have no personal axe to grind in that respect, I just feel that the human face of Glasgow (or Scotland for that matter) hasn't been depicted quite so sympathetically as in this movie. It seems to me that, when contemporary filmmakers try to present an "honest" depiction of the Glaswegian he tends to go for the "gritty realism" of the drunk or the druggie or the wife beating hard-man! That Sinking Feeling took a different tack and demonstrated the dry Scottish humour we all recognise (even more-so, we natives of Scotland) and perhaps that's why we seem to remember it so fondly. Anyway, if you can find a copy, watch it! Just don't expect any cool CG effects or Seinfeldesque banter, just good clean working class urban banality and the comedic observations you'd expect from a good clean working class director feeling his way!

Incidentally, sometime back in 1992/3 I met the redheaded actor (shamefully I can't recall his name right now) from "That Sinking Feeling" working in Stirling castle, conducting tours and the like! Not only does he star in one of my favourite productions, he is also an all round, really nice guy!

Bonus!