Skeletons

Film

Comedy

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Time Out rating:

<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

User ratings:

<strong>Rating: </strong>5/5
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Time Out says

Tue Jun 29 2010

This likeable but scrappy debut won the Michael Powell award for the Best British Film at Edinburgh last week, which suggests that the competition wasn’t so hot. A leftfield comedy of the mundane with a sci-fi edge, ‘Skeletons’ doesn’t quite know what to do with its bold ideas. It begins with some agreeable, sub-Merchant-and-Gervais banter between Davis (Ed Gaughan) and Bennett (Andrew Buckley), the Little and Large of the world of ‘extraction’ – a process by which this pair investigate homes in middle England to uncover the truth about their past. Together, they work for The Colonel (Jason Isaacs, channelling ‘Dad’s Army’), who reminds them not to get too close to their clients. Comedy segues into stranger territory when a case challenges this code: Jane (Paprika Steen) last saw her husband eight years ago and wants to know what happened to him. Various fantasy strands lead to revelations about several characters, but it’s hard to take this late plea for sincerity seriously.

Author: Dave Calhoun

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Release details

UK release:

Fri Jul 2 2010

Duration:

94 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Nick Whitfield

Screenwriter:

Nick Whitfield

Cast:

Jason Isaacs, Ed Gaughan, Jace Desay, Paul Dallison, Andrew Buckley

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Rated as: 5/5 (4 ratings)

  • Dave, go back and have another look at this one for god's sake. Movie aside, it's a rather poor review for an otherwise excellent reviewer. A little churlish and immature for a film that deals quite capably with the themes of honesty and maturity. And when you do, please don't just take a set against it because everybody else seems to like it, and you feel you have to defend your position simply because you've already adopted it. I don't need you to like 'Skeletons' I need you to be grown up about it..Honestly!

    michael Sat May 5 2012
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  • Wonderful film! Ignore Calhouns review and treat yourself to a wonderful bit of Cinema...

    Toowoomba Thu Jan 6 2011
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  • I must inhabit a parallel universe or Dave saw a different film - was wonderful - take no notice of this lame review and go and see it for yourself...

    John Mills Fri Dec 10 2010
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  • Miserable review for an enjoyable film

    Paul Sun Nov 21 2010
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • Dave Calhoun was obviously in an unreceptive state of mind when he viewed this great little film.Yes it's a bit rough round the edges and not formally perfect, but that is more than compensated for by its energy, invention and humour. To say that the opening dialogue is "sub-Mercvhant-and-Gervais" is just lazy thinking. The only similarity is that one of the characters speaks with a Bristol accent.

    Phil Fri Oct 8 2010
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • A miserable review indeed, I thought it was a brilliant and funny film. Paced perfectly to suck you into a surreal world,

    Domaldihnio Thu Jul 29 2010
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Thanks for the info on screenings - shall chip along this weekend.

    chimples Thu Jul 8 2010
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  • There are screenings in Curzon Soho, Prince Charles, Brixton and Wimbledon from Friday according to the Facebook page. It's a lovely film.

    Mark Wed Jul 7 2010
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Really, really want to see this film - is it only showing in Cambridge??? No London distribution??? Bonkers

    Chimples Mon Jul 5 2010
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  • Hilarious. Glad to report Skeletons is much funnier.

    Mark Brunton Wed Jun 30 2010
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