johnrowb
Joined Feb 2006
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I saw this a couple of times back in the late 1980s and would love to see it again. Very funny, at times darkly so. Surreal. A sort of 'Deliverance' on the UK canals?
Odd situations... strange plot twists. The actor who plays the madman is quite convincing, but it's well acted all round.
Originally shown on the BBC (maybe it was a 'Play For Today', I can't remember). And that is about all I can type about this one from memory, so bear with me while I try to fill up IMDb's ten line minimum review requirement.
There we go. Recommended. BBC please re-transmit this one!
Odd situations... strange plot twists. The actor who plays the madman is quite convincing, but it's well acted all round.
Originally shown on the BBC (maybe it was a 'Play For Today', I can't remember). And that is about all I can type about this one from memory, so bear with me while I try to fill up IMDb's ten line minimum review requirement.
There we go. Recommended. BBC please re-transmit this one!
Don't give up on this one after the first story or two. Wait for the segment featuring Harry H. Corbett (it's a mini-classic).
As for the rest of the episodes in the film - very hit and miss. Strangely enough, I did not find the Spike Milligan silent 'Sloth' episode funny at all. The sections with Leslie Philips and Ian Carmichael/Alfie Bass were slightly above average.
Not a complete waste of time, with one jewel amongst the rough.
Need to type three more lines of text before this capsule review will get to be submitted as at this present moment IMDb will only accept 10 lines of text minimum. Time for a change. Make it 6 or 7.
As for the rest of the episodes in the film - very hit and miss. Strangely enough, I did not find the Spike Milligan silent 'Sloth' episode funny at all. The sections with Leslie Philips and Ian Carmichael/Alfie Bass were slightly above average.
Not a complete waste of time, with one jewel amongst the rough.
Need to type three more lines of text before this capsule review will get to be submitted as at this present moment IMDb will only accept 10 lines of text minimum. Time for a change. Make it 6 or 7.
Highly under-rated British comedy with many memorable characterisations, not a bad script, and a wonderful feel-good factor.
John Alderton is pretty much faultless as Hedges - this is fine comic acting.
Especially enjoyable if you grew up in the 1970s. Standout sequence for me is when Hedges (and we) think 5c have gone to bed for the night and he heads off to the pub with Price... only to bump into his pupils there. Nicely done.
Other amusing sequences also, and I can sum up the film using an expression of Dennis's (one of the characters)... "Yeah! Double NEAT!!"
John Alderton is pretty much faultless as Hedges - this is fine comic acting.
Especially enjoyable if you grew up in the 1970s. Standout sequence for me is when Hedges (and we) think 5c have gone to bed for the night and he heads off to the pub with Price... only to bump into his pupils there. Nicely done.
Other amusing sequences also, and I can sum up the film using an expression of Dennis's (one of the characters)... "Yeah! Double NEAT!!"