Bastardized, Americanized, Schwimmerized, Excuse Of A So-Called "British" Comedy

Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2008)

This film is an insult to the entire history of British comedy, and I'm mad at myself for wasting my time and money on this stupid little movie.
This is the first British comedy - indeed, the fist "British" film of any kind - I have ever walked out of. In fact, there are so many Americans involved in this movie that I'm not so sure it really is a British film. In any event, 30 minutes in and I just couldn't take it any more. If I had wanted to see a poorly written TV sitcom I could have stayed at home and rented an episode of "Friends", the hardly humorous US TV show in which this movie's director, David Schwimmer, was an actor - an unfunny one, at that.
Why in God's name would the maker's of this film have selected inexperienced American director Schwimmer, American writer Michael Black (Schwartz), and an American actor like Hank Azaria? Do they work on the cheap? Did they pay to participate? Were they hired in the hope of attracting an American audience? I can't imagine this film succeeding in Briain. Whatever the reason, they absolutely ruined the movie.
This movie is so bad that the British Government should cancel Schwimmer's visa. He represents a clear and present danger to British culture. If Schwimmer and Schwartz ever again show up at a British Point of Entry they should be turned away immediately. Perhaps France would take them; they could say they're related to Jerry Lewis. And Simon Pegg and Dylan Moran should be hauled up in front of the actors' guild and chastised for participating in this affront to British comedy. They should be made to watch Ealing comedies until they return to their senses.
There's not much left of the British Empire other than great wit. To lose that would constitute a crime against civilization.