An enthralling, funny film that only the British can make

Rating: Null/10 (14 November 1998)

From time to time, English movie makers with little or no reputation, using actors with little or no reputation, produce a movie that challenges the Hollywood philosophy that to make a good movie, spend a lot of money and use "names". If I was a Hollywood producer that had just spent the GDP of a small country on my latest epic, I would be reduced to tears watching this movie. Crying Game, Trainspotting, Two Weddings and now Lock Stock etc. Superbly entertaining, dark, funny, complex with wonderful characterisations and storyline. What more do you want?? Waterworld? British filmmakers actually consider their audiences to have IQ's somewhat above their waistlines, and rather than low brow, eye candy special effects, use damn good stories, superb directing with convincing sets and real actors to produce the goods. This film should not receive an Oscar. It's too good for that.