A rather unusual British comedy, the plot involves some killings happening in the woods and a scoutmaster, who goes ahead with his boys anyway, and it is sort of an intriguing plot line, but considering that it is a comedy, there are few good laughs. A number of the jokes are too obvious, as one can tell from long before that they are going to happen, however there are some amusing moments nonetheless. It is far from a great film: rather ordinary in many aspects - but it is far from being a poor film either. If nothing else, the film is not a minute too long, however there are likely to be other aspects that one can enjoy in this run-of-the-mill, but pleasant to watch, comedy.
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The Lost Boys...
canndyman3 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Some of Eric Sykes comedies are excellent and he's certainly a real legend - but it's sad to say that this one falls a bit flat, despite a fairly promising start.
The plot is fairly simple - an incompetent Scoutmaster takes a group of boys away by train to set up camp in a quiet woodland. But, it seems they may be in a spot of trouble (and not especially welcome) as there's more to the woods than meets they eye - some rather strange goings on involving crooks, police, MI5 and even the armed services.
What comedy there is seems a little labored, old-fashioned (even for the time) and obvious, and you're left with the feeling this could have been so much better perhaps with a slightly different approach. There's a good strong cast of familiar faces, and not surprisingly many who appear in other Thames shows, being that this is a Thames TV production.
I really wanted to like this, but it's ultimately a bit painful to watch, and seems to be aimed predominantly at children - although I'm sad to say I'm not sure many children these days would find much here in the way of entertainment.
The plot is fairly simple - an incompetent Scoutmaster takes a group of boys away by train to set up camp in a quiet woodland. But, it seems they may be in a spot of trouble (and not especially welcome) as there's more to the woods than meets they eye - some rather strange goings on involving crooks, police, MI5 and even the armed services.
What comedy there is seems a little labored, old-fashioned (even for the time) and obvious, and you're left with the feeling this could have been so much better perhaps with a slightly different approach. There's a good strong cast of familiar faces, and not surprisingly many who appear in other Thames shows, being that this is a Thames TV production.
I really wanted to like this, but it's ultimately a bit painful to watch, and seems to be aimed predominantly at children - although I'm sad to say I'm not sure many children these days would find much here in the way of entertainment.
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