not classic but...

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2006)

Initially I wasn't enjoying this film; the characters I was meant to like I didn't, and the characters I was meant to dislike I liked (poor old Don Price, what did he ever do?). But this changed as the tall tales progressed. To be sure, there's nothing surprising about the direction it heads in and the conclusions it reaches; you always know that eventually all participants will agree that if the legend is more exciting than the truth then print the legend. But there's something in the telling that makes the trip enjoyable, and like any tall tale this one may just improve with a few more retellings. This is a film about a man whose recollections of possibly dull encounters become taller and taller with each telling. I have a friend like that.