- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adam Smith
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3 out of 5
The history of television comedy transferring to the cinema is one littered with dismal failures (see George and Mildred, Are You Being Served?, and, gulp, Bless This House). So fans of the twisted world of Royston Vasey and its alarming inhabitants should be anxious about this feature-length spin-off. Happily, the sketch-show style of the programme means that the screenplay can concentrate on gags rather than character development. The plot itself is all but impossible to describe - suffice to say a trio of (fictional) characters break through into the real world to confront the show's writers - and although many of the series regulars get a look in, it foregrounds some of the lesser explored characters: butcher Hilary Briss, salesman Geoff Tipps and pederast German Herr Lipp. It's unlikely to win over any new converts, but fans will no doubt revel in an hour and a half of its gleeful weirdness.
Plot Summary
Feature-length spin-off from the black comedy series The League of Gentlemen, starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. Fictional characters from a bizarre TV programme break through into the real world to confront their creators, who are intent on cancelling the show.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Matthew Chinnery / Hilary Briss / Mickey / Mark Gatiss / Sir Nicholas Sheet-Lightning
- Mark Gatiss
- Tubbs Tattsyrup / Pauline / Herr Lipp / Steve Pemberton / Lemuel Blizzard
- Steve Pemberton
- Edward Tattsyrup / Papa Lazarou / Geoff Tipps / The Rev Bernice Woodall / Reece Shearsmith / Father Halfhearte / Red Devil
- Reece Shearsmith
- Jeremy Dyson
- Michael Sheen
- Dr Erasmus Pea
- David Warner
- Queen Mary II
- Victoria Wood
- King William III
- Bernard Hill
- Lindsay
- Emily Woof
- Simon Pig
- Peter Kay
- Peter Cow
- Simon Pegg
Crew
- Director
- Steve Bendelack
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