GIVEN THE HOOPLA surrounding the TV series
and its untimely demise, a big-screen finale for the socially inept teens of
Rudge Park comprehensive in south-west London would seem apt. They, like us,
face the daunting task of moving on (and growing up). A gentle easing down is
required. An upcoming US version, after all, simply won’t do.
First
published in The Sun-Herald.
No-one could have predicted the monstrous
success this feature-length farewell has had in its native England, though:
it’s had the biggest opening of any British comedy, with $AU66 million and
counting at the box office. Suddenly, the idea of The Inbetweeners vanishing
from our screens isn’t a given. A return big-screen version can’t be ruled out,
either.
Buckling under such acclaim and attention, the
film itself comes as a shock, since it manages to spectacularly abandon all of its
small-screen smarts. Almost immediately, the four lads go from graduating and
farewelling parents to taking off to Crete – for a coming-of-age boozefest,
surrounded by likeminded party heads. Expletives and gross-out gags are tossed
out in rapid-fire succession, with none of the bite or satire of the original.
It’s a depressing delivery, comparable to the stale era of the CARRY ON and ON
THE BUSES series, only worse.
Oddly, the film’s second half marks a further
departure, as the pace calms and the audience is spared misfire gag overkill. When
Simon (Thomas) dives off a party boat to swim ashore in the name of romance, the
franchise’s Peep Show-inspired sense of timing is at last restored. Sadly, it’s
simply too little, too late.
Television series often come unstuck when
the big screen comes calling (SEX AND THE CITY being an infamous case in
point). More’s the pity that THE INBETWEENERS is far from immune to this. My
advice: watch the show again at home, as nature intended.
Critical
Rating: 3/10.
THE
INBETWEENERS is in cinemas now.
ED
GIBBS
bad review. It's basically a long episode I rate it 7/10. Worth a watch
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