Mary Poppins with ultraviolence

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2002)

Do you remember that scene from 'Time Bandits' which was set in Sherwood Forest? In keeping with an accurate portrayal of the era, everyone is dressed in muslin sacks and covered in filth. Suddenly Robin Hood, played by John Cleese, appears in full Pantomime regalia. Right down to the bright green tights... and that's exactly what Heather Graham looks like in this film. While all the other whores have bad complexions, bad hair and have dirty sex in the corners of dark alleys, Heather swans through the film like..well, John Cleese in a pair of green tights.
It seems that the only source of information about Victorian history that the two young American directors had came from comic books. It shows. It may have all the modern day trappings of graphic violence, language, drugs and sex, but it's still only Mary Poppins with knobs on.