I must admit I had never heard of The Inbetweeners before this movie came along and in some ways that may have helped. I didn't really know what to expect.
So called because they sit in between the cool people and the freaks in the high school pecking order and are left to awkwardly pursue life with that role.
The best comparison that can be given, as far as the film's standing goes, is it is like a British American Pie (quite appropriately the trailer to the new American Pie film, Reunion, was shown in my screening). But be warned as this makes the AP films look PG-rated.
Our four hapless heroes are Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison), Simon (Joe Thomas) and Will (Simon Bird) who take off after graduating for a schoolies-type holiday in Greece. As you do.
Their plan, or maybe Jay's, is for them to basically get as much action as physically possible.
Looking at them you can guess how that is going to go, at least in the short term.
I had no real prior knowledge of the characters from the TV series but I thought Will was a particularly well rounded character and was played with plenty of humility by Simon Bird. He's basically the narrator and despite having possibly the best in the physical stature of the quartet is very much self deprecating when it comes to girls.
I do have to say that there is very little left to the imagination as we go through the movie. There is plenty of coarse language, plenty of nudity (strangely mainly male) and at times it can be seen as quite offensive. But it depends on what you expect and how you take it.
Personally, I haven't seen a funnier movie in quite a while. Sure, it was inappropriate and crass and at times very juvenile but I couldn't help but chuckle just about the whole way though, with several really, really funny moments.
Not for the prudish in any way, The Inbetweeners Movie is very good fun. A 7.5 out of 10.
I won't give a full review of Immortals (3D) but it now holds a new record low score for a movie since I've been keeping scores. A 2 out of 10. If you've got nothing better to do then knock yourself out but if you must see it Mickey Rourke isn't a bad villain and the lead guy, who will be the next Superman, is good in his role but they all had nothing to work with. Avoid.
So called because they sit in between the cool people and the freaks in the high school pecking order and are left to awkwardly pursue life with that role.
The best comparison that can be given, as far as the film's standing goes, is it is like a British American Pie (quite appropriately the trailer to the new American Pie film, Reunion, was shown in my screening). But be warned as this makes the AP films look PG-rated.
Our four hapless heroes are Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison), Simon (Joe Thomas) and Will (Simon Bird) who take off after graduating for a schoolies-type holiday in Greece. As you do.
Their plan, or maybe Jay's, is for them to basically get as much action as physically possible.
Looking at them you can guess how that is going to go, at least in the short term.
I had no real prior knowledge of the characters from the TV series but I thought Will was a particularly well rounded character and was played with plenty of humility by Simon Bird. He's basically the narrator and despite having possibly the best in the physical stature of the quartet is very much self deprecating when it comes to girls.
I do have to say that there is very little left to the imagination as we go through the movie. There is plenty of coarse language, plenty of nudity (strangely mainly male) and at times it can be seen as quite offensive. But it depends on what you expect and how you take it.
Personally, I haven't seen a funnier movie in quite a while. Sure, it was inappropriate and crass and at times very juvenile but I couldn't help but chuckle just about the whole way though, with several really, really funny moments.
Not for the prudish in any way, The Inbetweeners Movie is very good fun. A 7.5 out of 10.
I won't give a full review of Immortals (3D) but it now holds a new record low score for a movie since I've been keeping scores. A 2 out of 10. If you've got nothing better to do then knock yourself out but if you must see it Mickey Rourke isn't a bad villain and the lead guy, who will be the next Superman, is good in his role but they all had nothing to work with. Avoid.
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