Written by Simon Beaufoy (
Slumdog Millionaire) from a novel by Paul Torday* as a kind of Ealing film where a madcap idea overcomes bureaucracy and finds life. Kristen Scott Thomas is great fun as a cut-throat ministerial character who even swears at her children. Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt are the couple who grow together (here use of 'Miss Chetwode-Talbot' is very funny) and Amr Waked is the enlightened Sheik who likes fishing.
Shot by Terry Stacey in Panavision and scored by Dario Marianelli.
It's most enjoyable.
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I didn't notice their clothes became gradually more syncopated (according to my co-watcher).
Must look out for that next time. |
Torday was 60 when he published this, his first novel, which was a huge success. He wrote several more before prematurely dying aged 67. His 'Girl on the Landing' was acquired by Julian Fellowes and IMDB shows it as 'in development'.
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