Slapead's Stuff

The Brits seem to specialise in these harmless little movies. I assume they get some form of government grants for them. Deep down I guess they all want the next Four Weddings and a Funeral. This isn't it.

The basic plot is simple and silly. A weddings magazine has a competition for the most unusual themed wedding. This leads to the cliched scene of people entering and exiting interviews at high speed. However it does highlight that Jimmy Carr might be better off doing acting rather than stand-up. This one-trick pony needs to find a new gig soon. Lee Evans managed it.

The three couples selected are a pair of naturists, a "nice" couple who want a Hollywood musical style wedding and a pair of ultra-competitive tennis players who want....well you can guess what they want.

Cardboard cut-out gay wedding organisers are wheeled in and the "documentary" follows them all around as the arrangements progress. Lots of amusing one-liners but nothing to make you laugh out loud. Of course they decide the naturists must be dressed and the tennis players have racquets in their clothes.

About the only vaguely controversial thing in the movie is the full frontal nudity of the naturists. The scene of the guy cycling is indelibly burned in my shudder-memory.

If you end up watching this on a plane or you are bored some evening (as I was) you won't mind wasting 90 minutes or so.