Tom Wilkinson and Christopher Eccleston collect easy cheques in a film that vainly mines the bleakest subject for laughs
Despite an impressive cast doing their best to give it some zip, this is one of those baffling British indie comedies that has somehow got made in the face of its own silliness. It is based on the larksome subject of suicide (though the film’s publicity material declares it is supported by the Samaritans).
William (Aneurin Barnard) is a depressed and unsuccessful young writer who keeps trying to take his own life with hilarious lack of success. Then he is approached by Leslie (Wilkinson), a hitman and member of the assassins’ guild who offers to kill him with professional efficiency. William pays for this service, but, having then met beautiful publisher Ellie (Freya Mavor) who rather likes both his writing and him, he changes his mind. Leslie, however, gruffly insists...
Despite an impressive cast doing their best to give it some zip, this is one of those baffling British indie comedies that has somehow got made in the face of its own silliness. It is based on the larksome subject of suicide (though the film’s publicity material declares it is supported by the Samaritans).
William (Aneurin Barnard) is a depressed and unsuccessful young writer who keeps trying to take his own life with hilarious lack of success. Then he is approached by Leslie (Wilkinson), a hitman and member of the assassins’ guild who offers to kill him with professional efficiency. William pays for this service, but, having then met beautiful publisher Ellie (Freya Mavor) who rather likes both his writing and him, he changes his mind. Leslie, however, gruffly insists...
- 11/15/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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