Customer Reviews
Puzzling dichotomy - By: Def Jef, 08 May 2008 
I'm fascinated by this film which I caught at the cinema back in the day.
Having thoroughly enjoyed it's joie de vivre I recommended it to a Jewish GP friend who having seen it spat vitriol about it back in my face.
It just seems to be one of those films that splits the audience down the middle & for no reason that I can clearly understand.
Some reviewers claim that only Jews would find it funny but I'm not Jewish & the response of said GP disproves that one.
I simply found it full of hilarious lines & situations, from the piling up of furniture in the bathroom to prevent an unpreventable entrance by the farmer & wife ( who's reactions to finding Leon in the bath are just perfectly understated) to the vegetarian half-brother's culinary ambitions to the telephone conversation about canasta & the discussion about sperm in the front parlour. All of these left me in stitches & still cause me to chuckle now whilst writing this review.
It just goes to show that no film will be perfect for everyone as exemplified by my reaction to the GP's loan of his favourite film - 'Independence Day'. Now there's a pig of a film.
silk purse - By: Optimus Prime, 23 Jan 2007 
This is an abominably poor film. It has the production values of a Turkey Twizzler. The script has alll the charm & entertainment value of a budget speech by Gordon Brown. It's central features are billed as being sex, estate agents & pig farming. Personallly, I wish that alll the estate agents involved had been fed to starving pigs before getting a chance to make this film, along with the producers, directors & entire cast with the possible exception of Maryam D'arbo, who represents the pearl cast before these particular swine. I do have to make one major reservation to this review, which is that I am not Jewish. Since almost alll the characters are Jewish, it may be that this film constitutes some sort of Michelin-starred amuse-bouche to the Jewish palate, in which case I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused.
THANK GOD FOR CLASSIC BRIT MOVIES!!! - By: , 20 Jul 2004 Bored? Have a evening free? well you would not go wrong in buying these three brillant Brit movies that will make you laugh , cry & more.
These movies can cheer up a rainy afternoon.Buy them today, you will not regret one bit.... I didnt.
THANK GOD FOR CLASSIC BRIT MOVIES!!! - By: Stefan Mauritz, 20 Jul 2004 Bored? Have a evening free? well you would not go wrong in buying these three brialllant Brit movies that will make you laugh , cry & more.
These movies can cheer up a rainy afternoon.Buy them today, you will not regret one bit.... I didnt.
