This is listed as a UK sex comedy and as such is in the same bag as films like The Confessions Of A.... series. This is strange as its nothing like the UK sex comedies which are common to the genre.
The first reason why that this almost has the feel of a French new movie. It doesn't really feel that British, due to the camera work, jazz score and frankly very strange dialogue. This film would not seem out of place with a French language audio track and English subtitles.
The overall mood of the film is "1960's whacky". It is very surreal at times and some scenes add little to the narrative or make any real sense.
The story is basically about a teacher played by Crawford who has zero draw for the ladies, but he is friends with a Chelsea booted, slim suit wearing and scooter riding bloke who is. He has "the knack" for pulling birds. Crawfords' character attempts to learn the knack from his friend but a newly arrived flatmate and girl throw all this into chaos.
It is an enjoyable film if you can stand the surreal aspects and cope with the odd dialogue, The cinematography is outstanding and even the wardrobe shows that people were simply better dressed in those days.
The ending however does take a turn for the odd with the R word being flung around willy nilly. Its a fairly straightforward rom-com but with some 1960's flourishes you will either love or hate. Its clear to see why it has a BluRay release.
The first reason why that this almost has the feel of a French new movie. It doesn't really feel that British, due to the camera work, jazz score and frankly very strange dialogue. This film would not seem out of place with a French language audio track and English subtitles.
The overall mood of the film is "1960's whacky". It is very surreal at times and some scenes add little to the narrative or make any real sense.
The story is basically about a teacher played by Crawford who has zero draw for the ladies, but he is friends with a Chelsea booted, slim suit wearing and scooter riding bloke who is. He has "the knack" for pulling birds. Crawfords' character attempts to learn the knack from his friend but a newly arrived flatmate and girl throw all this into chaos.
It is an enjoyable film if you can stand the surreal aspects and cope with the odd dialogue, The cinematography is outstanding and even the wardrobe shows that people were simply better dressed in those days.
The ending however does take a turn for the odd with the R word being flung around willy nilly. Its a fairly straightforward rom-com but with some 1960's flourishes you will either love or hate. Its clear to see why it has a BluRay release.