Festival (2005/I)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Annie Griffin

Scénariste:

Annie Griffin (writer)

Release Date:

15 juillet 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Plot:

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around...

Plot Keywords:

Unsimulated Sex | Hand Job

Awards:

5 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Well-intentioned but Disappointing

Ensemble

Kevin Masson	...	The P
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Faith Myers
Paddy Bonner	...	Man on Street
Selina Cadell	...	Estate Agent
Amelia Bullmore	...	Micheline Menzies
Daniela Nardini	...	Joan Gerard
Chris O'Dowd	...	Tommy O'Dwyer
Billy Carter	...	Conor Kelly
Jimmy Chisholm	...	Radio Producer
Raquel Cassidy	...	Petra Loewenberg
Stephen Mangan	...	Sean Sullivan
Gabriel Quigley	...	Receptionist
Deirdre O'Kane	...	Frida Finucane
Meredith MacNeill	...	Mary
Megan Dodds	...	Dina

Durée:

107 min | Argentina:107 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Pays:

UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Argentina:16 | UK:18 | Ireland:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

FilmFour

Well-intentioned but Disappointing

The Edinburgh Festival deserves a film. It is a strange occasion in a great city, and huge numbers of people around the world have experienced it. It brings its own array of bizarre characters and situations, mixing them with the locals, and then takes them away again just as quickly, until next year when some of them come back for more. If that's not a recipe for some interesting comedy/drama, I don't know what is.

Unfortunately this film fails to hit the mark. It is structured quite well, and I liked the idea of following one venue through the course of its day. The overall atmosphere of the city is well-caught too, on the whole, and people who know Edinburgh in August will recognise it.

But its main flaw is lack of empathy. There are quite a lot of characters, some of whom are quite funny, but very few of whom are particularly likable and attractive. Those who are likable often lack authenticity, and everyone suffers from a lack of depth. The episodic plot is also patchy - some of the events that befall certain characters have nothing at all to do with the Edinburgh Festival and seem almost to have been put in as time-fillers.

To be fair, there are some funny moments and quite a few good lines. But put it this way: If it's on TV and not costing you anything, then by all means watch it. However, I paid £3 to rent it, and by the end I felt it wasn't really worth the money.