Ooooeer Missus

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2004)

This film is hilarious. I apologise if English film humour has moved on since Carry On, Benny Hill and Are you Being Served but there you go. Tout passe. Perhaps it would help if American producers didn't force English directors to do so much safety shooting for the American version, dumbing it down before release in the States.
It's funny.
It's far from perfect. It is more like a box of candy than an oil painting, but it's all beautifully wrapped, if you follow me. It does show more than a few sharp edges, having been edited down from 3 hours to two. You can smooth them out again with the deleted scenes on the DVD. The additional stuff between Liam Neeson and Thomas Sangster is excellent and should have been kept in place of The Bay City Rollers funeral scene, ripped off from The Big Chill.
Oh, and did I mention that it's supposed to be funny. In fact Bill Nighy's performance is making me laugh again just typing a comment about it.
If you don't find it funny, you should try and look for the humour.
If you do and still can't see it, then you're probably best letting it pass harmlessly over your head - as nature intended.
And anyway, just how gorgeous is Lúcia Moniz?