DeadDog

The reason that NTNON isn't remembered as much as it could be is the sheer topicality of many of the sketches. The company bosses acceding to the increasingly outrageous demands of the Union bosses - "and his daughter to be phased in at a later date" - are still funny, but were probably funnier still at the time. Of course, there are plenty of other sketches that don't require a full knowledge of Britain in the early Thatcher years to appreciate, and if you ever get the chance, it's worth catching them.

And the songs are still brilliant. Altogether now - " I Like Trucking"

Having been offered a ticket to a preview at short notice by a friend, I had no prior knowledge of the film other than having seen a small advert of it - in other words, I knew the cast, and that's it.

There are moments of mindless violence and gun-toting that wouldn't look out of place in a film like Goodfellas. There are moments of domestic conversation that could have been from a Mike Leigh film (as I've since heard, the film allowed the stellar cast to improvise much of the dialogue, which explains that impression). Finally, there is the occasional character and situation that could be straight out of a Carry On film.

The problem is that, had the film stayed pretty much to anyone of these individual films, it could have been very good. Although some of the actors and actresses are quite up to doing a film in any of the three styles, for me the parts don't quite mix. I was never sure in the scenes of violence whether someone is going to be hospitalised in a Carry On sense, or sent to the morgue, Goodfellas style.

Anciano and Burdis could well go on to make some very good films. But in future, I hope they make them one at a time, not three at once.