A subtle and clever comedy

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2004)

Good to see so many positive comments on this movie, which is testament to the quality of the writing, direction and performances of the main contributors.
I can see some flaws in the film, but I'm baffled but the outright antagonistic comments of some posters. Obviously it's diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, but to attack the toilet humour seems to me to have missed a clever use of a mainstay of classic British comedy. In SOTD they have taken a fart joke and used it to help define the relationship between the two 'buddies', and to lighten (!) the atmosphere in serious moments (like when Ed - oops best not say). I'm no fan of the fart joke, but this one isn't gratuitous, it's serving a purpose in the film.
Of course, it's possible the writers just find fart jokes funny, in which case, I take it all back!