I couldn't quite make out if some of the characters in this story actually exist, although it seems some did, or the Morris group does...? It would be nice to be sure.
The mocumentary is masterly. So very funny. Packed with irony. It wasn't given a full showing at our cinema, it wasn't shown at the best times and we have 3 screens. A great shame as it deserved a much wider showing. If there's a problem with audiences, it could be that Morris dancing isn't all that much seen in England, these days. In my London youth, I only ever saw it once, and that was during a university festival when they had some folk dancing in a large open space in the city. I really didn't know what to make of it. It was only when we moved to the West Country that I realised it was still pursued in some places. I guess it has a name with those who haven't seen it of being a bit strange with all those handkerchiefs and bells, so the cinema, even here in the West Country, thought it wouldn't get an audience.
I imagine it wasn't well publicised. A great shame. It's just the sort of hilarious movie most English people are inclined to like so why's the movie being so coy? Sterling performances from everyone, with a special mention for the deadpan "interviewer", the aggrieved Morris dancing hero and his mates, the Beach Boys type Los Angeles group wonderfully sending themselves up, and Derek Jacobi brilliant as always, this time as the insufferably pompous Morris association officer. If you want a good laugh and to see some romantic English countryside and old customs, don't miss this!
The mocumentary is masterly. So very funny. Packed with irony. It wasn't given a full showing at our cinema, it wasn't shown at the best times and we have 3 screens. A great shame as it deserved a much wider showing. If there's a problem with audiences, it could be that Morris dancing isn't all that much seen in England, these days. In my London youth, I only ever saw it once, and that was during a university festival when they had some folk dancing in a large open space in the city. I really didn't know what to make of it. It was only when we moved to the West Country that I realised it was still pursued in some places. I guess it has a name with those who haven't seen it of being a bit strange with all those handkerchiefs and bells, so the cinema, even here in the West Country, thought it wouldn't get an audience.
I imagine it wasn't well publicised. A great shame. It's just the sort of hilarious movie most English people are inclined to like so why's the movie being so coy? Sterling performances from everyone, with a special mention for the deadpan "interviewer", the aggrieved Morris dancing hero and his mates, the Beach Boys type Los Angeles group wonderfully sending themselves up, and Derek Jacobi brilliant as always, this time as the insufferably pompous Morris association officer. If you want a good laugh and to see some romantic English countryside and old customs, don't miss this!