go and see this film

squarah1

i went to a special preview of this film last night with a Q&A from Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith with much trepidation. as a huge fan of the TV series i was unsure that it would transpose to the big screen well but all of my fears were completely unfounded as i loved this film. Not only was it funny, what you would expect from these guys, but it was so clever, the whole basis of the film being that the characters have left Royston Vasey and are pursuing their creators - the League of Gentlemen in reality. It was quite weird to see Edward, Jeff and Papa Lazarou talking about Reece Shearsmith who plays all of them, but it worked fantastically well. I had also read in a review that a large part of the film took place in the 1690s and was unsure of this but that also proved to be really well-written and very very funny - with cameos from Peter Kay, Simon Pegg, Victoria Wood, Bernard Hill and David Warner. Ultimately this film demonstrates the massive writing talents and acting prowess of the group (even if Michael Sheen did play Jeremy Dyson!).I can't praise this film highly enough, although my favourite characters of Mickey and Pauline weren't in it quite as much as i would have liked but then again I'm sure everyone has different favourite characters and you can't please everyone. The choice of Jeff as one of the main characters was truly inspired and the domestication of Herr Lipp proved to be humorous and poignant - a lovely transformation for a character that speaks only in innuendos. All i want to know is whats next for the League of Gentlemen????????

score 9/10

squarah1 26 May 2005

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