Cracking!

Rating: 7/10 (23 February 2008)

Great film! I watched this in a packed movie theater in the USA, and although parts of the dialogue are a bit "near the mark" for the American audience, and certain jokes are aimed squarely at the British / Irish audience, it went down very well.
A very original take on a good story, all performances were excellent. The script can seem a little cheesy at first, but once it gets flowing it's very natural and very well written, and performed seamlessly.
Colin is excellent, probably his best role I would say! The only slight negative is that 'Arry, Ralph Fiennes' character, is rather too similar to Don Logan, Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast. However, this isn't a bad thing as both characters work well, it's just a shame I couldn't stop myself comparing them.
My wife and I really enjoyed, it's very, very funny throughout, with moments of real subtle, dry comedy genius, plus moments of in your face humour. It's also bittersweet, romantic, violent, briefly offensive to some, occasionally shocking and upsetting, but hugely enjoyable and very well done.
Overall a very strong 9 / 10 for a great independent movie! Deserves a lot more success than I expect it will get!