The Infidel was a pretty lame, written by David Baddiel and starring OmidDjalili, it constantly pulls it's punches and ends up in super cheesy Richard Curtis territory. Omid plays a Muslim gent who finds out he's an adopted Jew just before his son's wedding - scenario ripe for satire and some close to the knuckle comedy but all that follows is a mild toothless farce.
I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name is a black satirical dramedy from Michael Winner. It's a peculiar but quite entertaining film starring Ollie Reed as an ad man who chucks in his career and affluent lifestyle to look for something ''real'' while his boss, played by Orson Welles perpetually hounds him to rejoin the ratrace. Reeks of the 60's throughout but it's whimsy is soon expelled by a dark pessimism in the last act that took me quite by surprise. An interesting early film from a Brit director who's usually underestimated.
The Infidel was a pretty lame, written by David Baddiel and starring Omid Djalili, it constantly pulls it's punches and ends up in super cheesy Richard Curtis territory. Omid plays a Muslim gent who finds out he's an adopted Jew just before his son's wedding - scenario ripe for satire and some close to the knuckle comedy but all that follows is a mild toothless farce.
I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name is a black satirical dramedy from Michael Winner. It's a peculiar but quite entertaining film starring Ollie Reed as an ad man who chucks in his career and affluent lifestyle to look for something ''real'' while his boss, played by Orson Welles perpetually hounds him to rejoin the ratrace. Reeks of the 60's throughout but it's whimsy is soon expelled by a dark pessimism in the last act that took me quite by surprise. An interesting early film from a Brit director who's usually underestimated.
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