The best feature is the soundtrack and some nice photography. Somewhere in here is a good idea - a couple of a deadbeats facing up to their responsibilities. There was genuine comedic or dramatic potential here which got lost in what looks, at least from where I was sitting, like filmmaking by committee.
Good toilet humour and/or black comedy can work with a strong script, good direction and well rounded characters - all of which are sorely lacking; seriously, was this the same Mackenzie Crook of The Office and Pirates fame? Mark Gatiss who brought us The League of Gentlemen and Doctor Who? Johnny Vegas might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he found a niche for his deadpan talents in Ideal and Benidorm...and good luck to him.
Was the dubious 'Ultimate Lads Film' tagged on before or after its disastrous box office run? By 2004 The 'Lads Culture' was already in decline; within a few more years (if that) it was a casualty of the Credit Crunch. In short, I thought it was leaden, unfunny fiasco; filled with digusting, misfiring jokes that never hit the mark. The scene with the dog mess has to be seen to be believed. People might argue that's it's meant to 'ironic', but comparisons with the Carry On films are well off the mark; even at their worst, they were streets ahead of this junk. I'd go further - the Confessions Of...series were funnier and more professionally made.
That this fiasco was funded with Lottery grants and public money leaves an even sourer taste in the mouth than normal. The know alls who authorised this can 'ironically' console themselves that their bright ideas contributed one lasting mark in UK cinema history - the final dismantling of The British Film Council!
Good toilet humour and/or black comedy can work with a strong script, good direction and well rounded characters - all of which are sorely lacking; seriously, was this the same Mackenzie Crook of The Office and Pirates fame? Mark Gatiss who brought us The League of Gentlemen and Doctor Who? Johnny Vegas might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he found a niche for his deadpan talents in Ideal and Benidorm...and good luck to him.
Was the dubious 'Ultimate Lads Film' tagged on before or after its disastrous box office run? By 2004 The 'Lads Culture' was already in decline; within a few more years (if that) it was a casualty of the Credit Crunch. In short, I thought it was leaden, unfunny fiasco; filled with digusting, misfiring jokes that never hit the mark. The scene with the dog mess has to be seen to be believed. People might argue that's it's meant to 'ironic', but comparisons with the Carry On films are well off the mark; even at their worst, they were streets ahead of this junk. I'd go further - the Confessions Of...series were funnier and more professionally made.
That this fiasco was funded with Lottery grants and public money leaves an even sourer taste in the mouth than normal. The know alls who authorised this can 'ironically' console themselves that their bright ideas contributed one lasting mark in UK cinema history - the final dismantling of The British Film Council!