The best English movie of the last 10 years

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2004)

I confess I am a massive fan of Spaced so came at this with some high expectations that were not disappointed.
I have to agree that this film is quintessentially English, like the Long Good Friday, The Ladykillers etc. and is none the worse for it.

Unlike most other recent Brit comedies, it makes no attempt to internationalise its content, it also has a number of people with dead end jobs. Unlike all of the Richard Curtis films, which I love by the way, which tend to be populated with the landed classes, wealthy middle class professionals or eccentrics, this film has working class characters in suburbia.
It is a perfect parody of Zombie films and also the occasional numbness of English existence. I particularly enjoyed the inability of any of the characters to shoot straight in direct contrast to most Hollywood horrors where "one shot stops" seem to be the order of the day.
I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but it has one of the funniest scenes even screened, involving zombies and a record collection.
It is a miracle that it got funding and was filmed. This is exactly what the British film industry needs more of.
PS Keep an eye out for those cameos!