Outrageous dark comedy from writer-director Bruce Robinson, built around a brilliant comic performance by Richard E. Grant. Weird and witty, a cult comedy classic on the level of Robinson's 'Withnail and I'.
A triple ham sandwich by the same team who brought you the overrated (but admittedly funny) Withnail & I. Let´s say the ingredients are tasty but the overall experience leaves a bad taste in your mouth. No laughs, just some half-hearted chuckles here and there. Shame...I had high hopes :-(
Wow, can't believe the negative posts here - this is hilarious from beginning to end - great performance by Grant and ya know what - better than Withnail and I.
The people below are SO WRONG. THIS FILM IS BRILLIANT. One of the more original I've seen. LOVE it. *****
Huge disappointment. Satire ? Horror movie ? Comedy? If Bruce Robinson wanted to tell us the detrimental effects of our consumer society, it didn't work out. If he wanted to study the symptoms of a nervous breakdown, it also didn't work out. Better watch again Elia Kazan's THE ARRANGEMENT. This one is already forgotten.
A great idea, but it just seems to drop off on the ending. Like "Oh, we ran out of film! Better end it!"
Almost worth it for the first and the last speeches of the film but a huge disappointment after Withnail and I.