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Review
Here is a "Guest House Paradiso" review from "Empire" magazine ( January 2000 (127))
Opens- December 3
Starring- Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmonson, Helene Mahieu, Simon Pegg
Director- Adrian Edmonson
Screenwriters- Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmonson
Details- 1 hr. 26 mins. Cert. 15 UK
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson's film careers have been neither prolific nor particularly successful and, as everyone knows they do their best stuff when they work together, they have sensibly chosen one of their most popular
television creations, the fabulous Bottom, to go all cinematic. Mayall and edmonson are Richie Twat (pronounced Thwaite) and Eddie Elizabeth
Ndingombaba (unpronounceable), owners of the Guest House Paradiso, a damp- ridden hellhole on the edge of a cliff and adjacent to a nucleur power station. Business is slow, probably due to Richie's way of slagging off the guests and the appalling living conditions. But that all changes when world
famous movie star Gina Carbonara (Mahieu) arrives to seek refuge from her hotheaded boyfriend Gino Bolognese (Vincent cassel) and the boys reckon they might be in for a bit of hot lovin'. Unfortunately, the Nice family have a video of Richie parading around in their underwear and are threatening to sue. And then there's these radioactive fish. And vomit.
But the plot, as with the TV show, is irrelevant. This is Mayall's and
Edmonson's domain, as they skip from their trademark brand of extreme
violence to, well, more of it. Of course, it does rather depend on whether you are a fan of the two leads and their particular style, which while often
mirthsome, is undoubtedly puerile and sometimes tasteless. The boys toil
incredibly hard to make the whole thing work and, while there are some
Hilarious moments, it is far too patchy for a full feature film. There are some smart cameos, especially Simon Pegg, as a weedy guest, but when the puke
inspired denouement does finally arrive, it feels over-baked and stretched out. Much like the rest of the movie.
BEN FALK- Empire Magazine, January 2000 .
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