Funny as Fuzz

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2007)

OK for a start, those of you who loved Shaun of the dead and wonder if this is any good...well let me tell you....Of course it F***in' is! This movie is a hilarious homage to the late cop movies of Clint Eastwood and other more recent Hollywood one like Point Break and Bad Boys. Pegg is brilliant as Nick Angel, the cop who was transferred from his town station just for being far too good. But when he reaches the sleepy village of Sandford he starts to discover that things aren't quite what they seem and soon death upon death start to happen in the village and it's up to Angel to find who it is as the rest of the Sandford division don't really give a toss. Nick Frost excels as Danny Butterman, Angel's new and very dim witted partner of the Sanford Constabulary. He usually does with absolute precision and here he does it again and come off a master of tomfoolery. Is he stupid or is he just playing dumb until the right moment arrives? Will he ever find the killer of Sandford? And the town people were the cream of British Greats Like Billie Whitelaw as the hotel landlady, Stuart Wilson (best known for Lethal Weapon 3 and No Escape)is well cast as a doctor who has a bit of a sinister sense of humour, Edward Woodward (from the Equalizer and the horrifying The Wicker man) play a neighbourhood watch clerk who works at the station, Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark)is the town vicar, David Threlfall as the hopelessly talented actor/solicitor and Timothy (James Bond) Dalton as the manager of the local Somerfield market and quite happy to share a biscuit or two. And so is the police staff are the best of comedy and dram talents ranging from Jim (the Borrowers) Broadbent is the naive chief of the Sandford coppers, Kevin Eldon (Nightly Night, Big train)is the dim witted sergeant, Olivia Colman is the over friendly police "person" who's been round the station more times then anyone care to remember, Bill Bayley as the reception clerk who's always in the dark over matter involving Sandford and lastly the roguish Paddy Considine (Dead Man's shoes) as the top CIA detective and the great Rafe Spall (shaun of the dead and Green street) as the sarcastic other CIA detective of the Sandford division.
All in all the characters are brilliant and some of them you can't help but find so funny you nearly end up in stitches. They all drive this hard hitting unflinching but bloody (bloody being the proper word) funny as fuzz buddy cop/black comedy that simply cannot be missed. The best British movie of 2007. BRING ON THE NOISE!!!!!