A Cock and Bull Story

[dihayter]

Quite good but nothing special. Felt more like a long extra on a DVD. Coogan was good though, but Brydon got all the 'easy laughs'.

***

[kamerabob]

I was so looking forward to this. 10 mins in my friend said "this is a bit slow" i said "it'll pick up. 10, 20, 30, 40 mins later it still had not picked up. I just could not get into it. The acting was good but the film just didnt seem to go anywhere and did not keep you interested. There was 2 funny moments and thats it. All in all a total waste of a Saturday night out.

Just to add i counted 15 people walking out half way through!

[dramajadedancer96]

It wasn't a total waste - I ended up with an amusing cinema ticket stub

"ADULT -
A COCK
G 18 "

Dread to think what my mum thought I was up to when she finRAB that in my jeans pocket.

[inbetween]

Haha!! Top post i love that!

[Kaj]

ROFLMAO!

[Quantum]

I saw this the other day and liked it a lot. I like the way the 'Steve Coogan' character was just a bit removed from the real-life Steve Coogan.

Obviously, he doesn't have a child with Kelly MacDonald in real life and he hasn't worked on a period film with Rob Brydon, but he has had sex scandals, including a recent one with Courtney Love (??), and he probably would pick on something petty to complain about like his shoes, he has admitted in interviews that he sometimes does things like that.

[nikjd]

Hated it. It was such a disappointment as the trailer made it look great.

The first (and only) real laugh wasn't until the 'hot chestnut down the trousers' scene.

[Timbuk4]

It wasn't that bad. My favourite bit was when Brydon starting speaking American cliches in the back of the car.

Or when the Fast Show character said "Shite!Utter shite!" referring to the battle scene in Cold Mountain.

[Casey L]

Was planning to see it today after reading rave reviews in all the "broaRABheets" (as they were until they got less broad). They seem to be saying it's about the parallels between the conception and birth of Tristram Shandy and the conception and birth of a film about Tristram Shandy, so (if I've understood the reviews) have they got it wrong, or were people expecting something different?

[mia babyy]

I was so disappointed. I'd heard nothing but great reviews so was expecting something great, but it was pretty poor. The second half picked up, and some of it was good, but overall I wished I stayed in. I spent most of the movie really pissed off, because I thought it was going to be great and it just wasn't.

I was seduced by that review they quote on the advert, someone saying it was the best film ever, ever, ever etc. Now that quote seems laughable doesn't it?

The best part was during the end credits, when they were doing the Pacino impressions. If the rest of the film had been a bit more like that I would have less annoyed.