directed by Terry Jones
If you expect me to tell you what this film is about, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I honestly have absolutely no idea. When I played it, I had no expectations and I really wanted to get the story, but after about 20 minutes I realised it’s not a film to understand. It’s actually based on a novel from 1908 and it’s supposed to be a book for children. Not sure how children would react watching the adaptation, I don’t have any to organise such experiment, but if you do, let me know how it went. However, I’m sure that watching this film with “a little bit of green” would make it way more enjoyable. I mean, imagine Steve Coogan as a mole whose house is being destroyed by Terry Jones playing Mr. Toad (a big green creature as I saw it) and the poor mole asks his friend Rat (Eric Idle) to help him fight the mean amphibian. IMAGINE all those men dressed up as animals and fighting about the underground house, and the one pretending to be a toad is horribly rich so he can do whatever he wants, and there are also other humans dressed up as animals involved in this story and… CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? Well, you don’t have to, fortunately. Terry Jones made this one specially for you. I wasn’t sure how I should be reacting and I was kind of laughing but it was not a comfortable laugh, trust me. Is it a good film for children? Maybe. Maybe they’ll understand way more than I could. But somehow I think this production is worth your time. Especially, if you want to exercise your imagination. Fun fact, when the film was released, Terry Jones was in New York and he heard that his film is being shown in a cinema in Times Square. How surprised he was when he got there and found out that it was a porn theatre. I swear, there’s no porn in this film. But perhaps some people find men covered with green paint attractive. No judgement.
My rating: 6/10
S.
I have nothing to watch 