Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

An embarrassingly cheap British rip-off of SPREE which sees a guy losing his talent show audition before going on a rampage of revenge. Made for a pittance during the pandemic and it shows; everything is stilted making this feel like a sketch show at times. Sadly, it's also not in the least bit funny, with the humour over obvious and awkward in that British way. A shame as there are some normally reliable faces (Kris Marshall, Pippa Heyward) here.

I absolutely LOVED THIS!! I'm a neurodivergent teen, making it hard for me to pay attention and It can take me weeks to watch a full movie, and this is one of the very few films I've watched in one sitting!!

Me being who I am, usually makes me find the unfunny, well, funny, and there's a lot of movies that are supposed to be serious or are poorly done I find hilarious. I think if you're apart of genZ and have poor humour, you'd enjoy this film like me and my sister (I'd also recommend watching this with someone so you can mock/add commentary to the film.)

Imo, this has to be my FAVOURITE movie that Tom Meeten has been in, I was excited to watch this because I've enjoyed him in many other movies or shows and this didn't disappoint me.

But then again, I am just a neurodivergent teen writing a review just for fun, so listen to the many other reviews that there are.

I also apologise if this is written very poorly, I wrote this at night plus I'm not a good writer at all.

This was a mix of everything, and it's the best I've seen in a while.

This is the kind of movie that gives you a few bullies and doesn't try to give you a lesson in morals, but instead sates your wants, Karma!

If you love people getting payback then this is your piece of cake!

This comedy-horror is destined to become a cult hit like Tucker and Dale versus Evil. Our hero is rushing to audition for a talent show (bit like Britain's Got Talent), but various bullies and jobsworths contrive to get in his way. Things go from bad to worse and his dreams are shattered. It was his big chance at fame and fortune! Life is so unfair for the little man... until the little man decides he's had enough and is going to get even, or die trying! Cue all hell breaking loose!

As you might already be able to glean from the above, this movie has important satirical themes concerning class, capitalist society (even the Church is on the make), social inadequacy, social welfare and, well, just about everything else too. It's not just some idle piece of self-indulgent gore. It's a film with both smarts and heart.

And the cast is absolutely stellar, including the cream of British comedic actors (e.g. Johnny Vegas, Kevin Bishop and Katherine Parkinson). June Watson (The Lady in the Van, The Death of Stalin, and more) plays Paul's mum, and she is brilliantly poignant - definitely my fave character... although Mandeep Dhillon as the community police officer (and puts up with no end of grief for not being a 'proper' police officer) is equally fab.

I'm not too proud to confess I properly cried in both the middle (sad tears) and at the end (happy tears). Yet I laughed just as much as I cried. Like life, this film is a rollercoaster of emotions. I like 'light and shade' in my movies, as it generates that bitter-sweetness that is quintessentially British humour or irony (the latter term, ironically, can't even be pronounced correctly by certain American critics, LOL!).

I believe the film also represents a bit of a breakthrough for the lead scriptwriter, one Matthew White, so it's great to have a bravely fresh British 'voice' coming to the screen. If you haven't seen the movie yet, then get your life priorities sorted or die trying! The film scores a deadly 9.9 out of 10 from this enlightened critic!

The thing that drew me to this quirky film was the name Nick Gillespie, he was DOP on the brilliant series Trigger Point and he wrote & directed this. Admittedly you probably have to have a very twisted sense of humour to enjoy every juicy detail but it's absolutely hilarious from start to end credits. Although it's not a big budget outing, it's beautifully shot and edited throughout and the acting was superb.

Do yourself a favour and take time out to watch this gem, you will not be disappointed.