"The Wright Way is a sitcom that would have looked and felt badly dated in the 1970s," said The Guardian.
The Independent suggested that the new BBC comedy is "occasionally so groan-inducing that you want to gather a mob with torches and pitchforks".
Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph commented: "If, on a progressive scriptwriting course somewhere, a tutor were to set an exercise demanding that students produce a sitcom script devoid of any trace of originality - or indeed any trace of genuine comedy - this would pass with flying colours."
And these were some of the nicer comments about Ben Elton's TV return.
The Wright Way is an old-fashioned canned-laughter BBC sitcom with David Haig cast as Gerald Wright, a health and safety fuddy-duddy struggling in the modern world. His wife has left him, his daughter is a lesbian and he doesn't like people who put butter in the Marmite.
The Independent suggested that the new BBC comedy is "occasionally so groan-inducing that you want to gather a mob with torches and pitchforks".
Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph commented: "If, on a progressive scriptwriting course somewhere, a tutor were to set an exercise demanding that students produce a sitcom script devoid of any trace of originality - or indeed any trace of genuine comedy - this would pass with flying colours."
And these were some of the nicer comments about Ben Elton's TV return.
The Wright Way is an old-fashioned canned-laughter BBC sitcom with David Haig cast as Gerald Wright, a health and safety fuddy-duddy struggling in the modern world. His wife has left him, his daughter is a lesbian and he doesn't like people who put butter in the Marmite.
- 4/24/2013
- Digital Spy
I sat through Max Payne today so you don't have to, but if you're the type who rushes out to see a video game movie that's bound to get a critical drubbing, make sure you stay for the whole thing. Much like Jon Favreau did with Iron Man this summer, director John Moore has included a scene at the very end of Max Payne that gives you just the info you need to go into a potential Max Payne 2. It should come as no surprise that there might be a sequel to the movie, given that the video game spawned its own sequel back in 2003. You'll have to decide yourself if the movie Max Payne makes you thirsty for more-- personally I can't imagine sitting through another minute. Special thanks to fellow critic Gerald Wright, who pointed out the sneak ending for me.
- 10/16/2008
- cinemablend.com
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