Click & Collect

Put this short-film on a couple of years ago at Christmas time and didn't expect it to turn out like it did. Now this film is ideal and brilliant to the dry, UK humour lovers like myself. I would put it mostly in comparison to shows like Bad Education by Jack Whitehall, but a one-off short film version. Stephen Merchant I find hilarious, especially with how awkward he is with the neighbour for the majority of the movie. The comedy mainly comes from the loving and caring behaviour of the single-dad neighbour next door, who tries to help in every situation, but mostly without thinking, making for some really funny moments such as the car being stuck in the fjord. Overall, it is a brilliant Christmas comedy, which I have added to the short list of Christmas movies I have to watch each year.

As soon as I heard this was in the pipeline a few months ago I started looking forward to Christmas even more! I'm a big fan of People Just Do Nothing and knowing that rising star Asim Chaudhry would be starring in this opposite Stephen Merchant was all I needed to hear. And it did not disappoint! Classic Christmas caper that I will be rewatching tomorrow with the family. The chemistry between both the lead characters is brilliant and with hints of Shaun of the Dead (quick fire edit scenes) and the Tupac Shakur reference it ensured that I stayed enthused throughout. Yes it reminded me of Jingle All The Way but who cares? I was laughing throughout it! For me Chaudhry stole the show as the haplessly cheery neighbour who also had a depth to him that becomes more apparent as the story progresses. Merchant was alright too but he really doesn't have a face for television!

I know I shouldn't be watching Christmas stuff in April, but I really needed cheering up... And this worked.

You can kind of work the plot out easily but it's still fun hijinks and really heartwarming.

Surprised how good Smerch and Asim are together, I hope they work together again at some point.

Will defo be adding this to my Christmas watch list this year.

Fingaz MC.

Caught this on Amazon Prime, I do like Stephen Merchant, his lanky body and accent lend themselves well to being a funny man. I absolutely loved this homage to one of my favourite holiday films, Jingle all the way. Stephen's co star was great casting too, very funny guy with perfect timing and the chemistry between the two was absolute magic. The arcade scene especially was very well put together, I found myself egging them on.

Overall very well written and directed and a pleasure to watch and highly recommended for a christmas film treat. This could easily have been extended a little and made a feature film with a theatrical release.

This was a truly lovely one off drama, the perfect start to the Christmas period, it was funny, it was moving, so nice to start Christmas off with something funny. It was slow to start, but quickly turned into something really rather excellent. So some of the jokes were a little telegraphed, but who cares, it was lovely, and made me laugh. The music was terrific, and seriously in keeping.

Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry take a bow, you delivered the goods for Christmas. 9/10