So bad it's good

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2008)

No-one comes out unscathed from this horrific piece of garbage. I've watched it four times from behind a cushion because I'm that type of masochist. The most butt clenching story involves the cute kid who is in love. WTF were the actors thinking of when they signed up to this? The scripts for Trumpton are more sophisticated than the writing here. They're funnier too. With far more sympathetic characters and better plot development. This film is shown every Xmas and now I have a love/hate relationship with it now because watching it makes me feel blessed that I still have a modicum of taste and judgement despite being very old. This film was also my first introduction to actress Kiera Knightly. Her narcissism is infuriating enough to make me want to join Al Qeada. It says something about a British film when the least butt-clenching scene involves having to watch Hugh Grant dance.