Wednesday, September 24, 2014
'What We Did On Our Holiday' (2014) directed by Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin
"What We Did On Our Holiday is like a stick of rock with ‘bad idea’ written right the way through it. This is essentially the film version of British family sitcom Outnumbered, whose central gimmick is the semi-improvised children’s dialogue. Here’s your basic gag formula: cute kid says something innocently outrageous, cut to British character actor looking politely shocked and amused. By and large it’s ‘Kids Say the Darndest things’ the sitcom.
Needless to say I wasn’t exactly buzzing with anticipation. First impressions confirmed my suspicions. As David Tennant argued in confused amusement with a six year old I felt twinge of sympathy for him being stuck in this garbage. Soon after came a light smattering of actually-okay jokes. Oh well, if I’m going to be stuck watching syrupy garbage, at least it’s tolerable syrupy garbage.
Then the jokes kept coming. And – god help me – I laughed."
Read the rest at We Got This Covered.
★★★★
What We Did On Our Holiday is released on the 26th of September Tags: Billy Connolly , david tennant , film , outnumbered , review , Rosamund Pike , What We Did on Our Holiday
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