hail to Coogan, I loved him as Alan (ahaaa!) Partridge and I loved him again in The Alibi. All the more reason that I am regretful to say that the movie as a whole was not a winner.
I believe what ultimately went wrong in this movie is that it never tried to hide its low pretentiousness. Due to this, it relied on absurdism and parody too much which to me became a bit tedious and even confusing at times.
Rounding up all the neat clichés from the typical con-movie, The Aliby nevertheless succeeds in making it the parody it wants to be. However, it is never hilarious and demands lots of the viewers good spirits to keep it interesting. Furthermore, to add to the classic complicated scheme, the movie, though deliberate, stretches the plot beyond the limits of comprehension which again was just not funny enough to pull it off.
If Coogan had not been in it, I don't think i would have finished it.
6/10
I believe what ultimately went wrong in this movie is that it never tried to hide its low pretentiousness. Due to this, it relied on absurdism and parody too much which to me became a bit tedious and even confusing at times.
Rounding up all the neat clichés from the typical con-movie, The Aliby nevertheless succeeds in making it the parody it wants to be. However, it is never hilarious and demands lots of the viewers good spirits to keep it interesting. Furthermore, to add to the classic complicated scheme, the movie, though deliberate, stretches the plot beyond the limits of comprehension which again was just not funny enough to pull it off.
If Coogan had not been in it, I don't think i would have finished it.
6/10