With Fathers Day coming up I started looking round for titles that I could enjoy watching with my dad.Picking up an old issue of UK film magazine Empire,I noticed a good review for a "quota quickie" political Comedy,which led to me getting ready to enter a political world.
View on the film:
Whilst the film is rather minor,Network give the film a very good transfer,with the picture largely being clean,and the soundtrack lacking any hiss,and being easy on the ears.
Elbowing out any subtle satirical jokes to the sidelines,the screenplay by Syd Courtenay & Lola Harvey hits a Comedy broadside,where everything "Oop North" is proudly worn on Bill Smithers. Despite being largely stuffed with jokes for people in "the cheap seats",director Norman Lee gives Bill Smithers adventures in politics a warm folk hero atmosphere,as H.F. Maltby hilariously huffs and puffs as upper-crust MP Sir James Barrington-Oakes,who is desperate to stop Smithers bringing an end to his political partying days.
View on the film:
Whilst the film is rather minor,Network give the film a very good transfer,with the picture largely being clean,and the soundtrack lacking any hiss,and being easy on the ears.
Elbowing out any subtle satirical jokes to the sidelines,the screenplay by Syd Courtenay & Lola Harvey hits a Comedy broadside,where everything "Oop North" is proudly worn on Bill Smithers. Despite being largely stuffed with jokes for people in "the cheap seats",director Norman Lee gives Bill Smithers adventures in politics a warm folk hero atmosphere,as H.F. Maltby hilariously huffs and puffs as upper-crust MP Sir James Barrington-Oakes,who is desperate to stop Smithers bringing an end to his political partying days.