anbudmor

Clearly having great ingredients isn't enough to make a even a mediocre film; you also need a good cook. This film is stunningly bad. The story is fine, although probably really just enough for a TV movie or a short film. The actors are great. But the direction and final cut are just disgraceful.

And the final nail is that they have to have Ewan McGregor do a voice-over to give the film a clear narrative.

I do like David Jason. He's done some very entertaining work. This is not some of this best, or even good work. The comedy is not clever; it is stupid. Clearly others disagree with me here, looking at other reviews and the overall score. This would be barely funny to a 6-year old. Part of the failing is that Jason is the only one with anything resembling anything that could be called funny. He is acting against 5-straight characters. I would say this is at the exact opposite end of the comedy spectrum to Black Adder. I have watched the first 8-episodes, and I would say it is more frustrating to watch than anything. There are so many truly brilliant British comedies to watch before this one. I would suggest not bothering with Edgar Briggs.