Lazy

Rating: 4/10 (31 July 2004)

What a disappointing flick.
When so many sorely underrated flicks have already addressed such a
mammoth problem in British society (The Firm and the sadly little seen I.D to name just two), Nick Love's film is sadly rendered completely redundant before it even had a chance.
And that is before the film even puts its first foot wrong, which it does very, very early. This is a juvenile, simplistic film, sloppily directed. Whilst the majority of the acting must be commended (Manookian in particular works brilliantly with
little to no material), the rest of this flick stood impotent and misjudged for its entirety.
A big shame really, because Nick Love's debut "Goodbye Charlie Bright"
showed such immense promise.
At the end of the day, there is only one word to judge this film by; lazy. At times if felt like an amateur music video, with pop songs appearing on the soundtrack
every minute, alongside stilted, boring visuals.
A disappointment.