Farce

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2007)

Not sure what genre this was supposed to be , possible an English "Airplane" but it utterly failed trying to be something, whatever it was trying to do. Farces use the truth much better than this film and weave it more expertly into it's meaning (like Airplane) . Continuity is a difficult thing to attain in a farce and usually the story will suffer as a result due to the failure in maintain a complex lineage of subtleties, the mark of a great farce. Also, delivery went overboard regularly to pump up the often flat dialogue. The script was intended for a different delivery when written and it seemed to take on a life of its own once the cameras started rolling and live people were added, probably far different from the writer's intent. Compared to some brilliant farces from England (eg. Withnail and I) this film relied heavily on common, barely laughable ancient and well-worn stereotypes (dumb country folk, inbred cousins, hypocritical evil religious people) to shore up a lame story and a favorite refuge for stuck writers with a contractual obligation hanging over their heads.