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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 445251" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Fackham Hall</span></strong> (2025)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogger.googleusercontent.com%2Fimg%2Fb%2FR29vZ2xl%2FAVvXsEjGWHAkSErOgCzlWj4smbqGa_g-lsBxUX4mCS-iW0Awga_UipkRJiPC-PCZozHhNk-dz_Il_V3uOyksdnXEM3z4rL8zdz4iNhraNdKc1i294V-IzjCKwYF-2HVg4-z3tdmk59dD01vnENrxgmAEBvfxCTT5f2kiN60-WrNM4LXB5hic5VLtuC7lBA%2Fs1350%2FIMG_7022.jpeg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=348d8e2cb548fa5de2de9935a14b4fcd7b7a8e1e8cfefa58ea409481cea3e412&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 678px" /></p><p></p><p>I greatly enjoy Jimmy Carr's standup. The same cannot be said for this film - presumably a spoof of <em>Downton</em> - which he co-wrote.</p><p></p><p>Not that I would be hasty to denounce this as a terrible film. Yes, the thought crossed my mind several times as I watched but, having slept on it, I've decided it simply isn't my cup of tea.</p><p></p><p>It looks nice, has a few funny lines. Trouble is, the gags are intended to be <em>Airplane!</em>-style, with a high rate of visual and spoken-word gags per minute and - for this viewer - it wears out its welcome within minutes. There's a decent-ish story which gets hidden beneath a barrage of gags. It's like being constantly tapped on the shoulder by someone with a headful of one-liners.</p><p></p><p>There are some familiar faces; It's nice to see Jimmy himself in a small role as a vicar, which feels like a nod to the kind of wordplay that Ronnie Barker used to do (albeit the 21st Century version is less clever and more obvious). Sue Johnston plays a great aunt in what I suspect is a nod to Maggie Smith's dowager (I've never actually watched <em>Downton</em>), but my prevailing thought was how wasted she was here.</p><p></p><p>The "upper class" characters, of course, speak with Standard Southern British/contemporary RP accents (lots of glottal T's), while using anachronistic cadence and language. Some of this is intentional - such as the manservant named Cyril being "hilariously" asked "Hey Siri. What's the weather doing tomorrow?" - but that didn't greatly soften the blow for me.</p><p></p><p>As I said, I'm probably not the right audience for this film. But for that group, it may well be a riot. The trailer certainly made me smile (which was how I ended up watching in the first place).</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]U3x1U0-gAx0[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 445251, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Fackham Hall[/SIZE][/B] (2025) [IMG width="678px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogger.googleusercontent.com%2Fimg%2Fb%2FR29vZ2xl%2FAVvXsEjGWHAkSErOgCzlWj4smbqGa_g-lsBxUX4mCS-iW0Awga_UipkRJiPC-PCZozHhNk-dz_Il_V3uOyksdnXEM3z4rL8zdz4iNhraNdKc1i294V-IzjCKwYF-2HVg4-z3tdmk59dD01vnENrxgmAEBvfxCTT5f2kiN60-WrNM4LXB5hic5VLtuC7lBA%2Fs1350%2FIMG_7022.jpeg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=348d8e2cb548fa5de2de9935a14b4fcd7b7a8e1e8cfefa58ea409481cea3e412&ipo=images[/IMG][/CENTER] I greatly enjoy Jimmy Carr's standup. The same cannot be said for this film - presumably a spoof of [I]Downton[/I] - which he co-wrote. Not that I would be hasty to denounce this as a terrible film. Yes, the thought crossed my mind several times as I watched but, having slept on it, I've decided it simply isn't my cup of tea. It looks nice, has a few funny lines. Trouble is, the gags are intended to be [I]Airplane![/I]-style, with a high rate of visual and spoken-word gags per minute and - for this viewer - it wears out its welcome within minutes. There's a decent-ish story which gets hidden beneath a barrage of gags. It's like being constantly tapped on the shoulder by someone with a headful of one-liners. There are some familiar faces; It's nice to see Jimmy himself in a small role as a vicar, which feels like a nod to the kind of wordplay that Ronnie Barker used to do (albeit the 21st Century version is less clever and more obvious). Sue Johnston plays a great aunt in what I suspect is a nod to Maggie Smith's dowager (I've never actually watched [I]Downton[/I]), but my prevailing thought was how wasted she was here. The "upper class" characters, of course, speak with Standard Southern British/contemporary RP accents (lots of glottal T's), while using anachronistic cadence and language. Some of this is intentional - such as the manservant named Cyril being "hilariously" asked "Hey Siri. What's the weather doing tomorrow?" - but that didn't greatly soften the blow for me. As I said, I'm probably not the right audience for this film. But for that group, it may well be a riot. The trailer certainly made me smile (which was how I ended up watching in the first place). [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]U3x1U0-gAx0[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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