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Overview

User Rating:
4.5/10   508 votes
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Director:
William Marsh
Writers:
Martin Amis (novel)
William Marsh (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Residents prime themselves for both a visit from three Americans and a weekend of copious decadence. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Pretentious Rubbish Misses the Point more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Bettany ... Quentin
Katy Carmichael ... Lucy Littlejohn

Hayley Carr ... Roxanne

Charlie Condou ... Giles
Alexandra Gilbreath ... Cecilia
William Marsh ... Marvel
Kris Marshall ... Skip

Andy Nyman ... Keith
Cristian Solimeno ... Andy

Olivia Williams ... Diana
David Soloman ... Doctor
Lane Lesley ... Sister
Ashley Portland ... Orderly
Ann Stewart ... Nurse
Ambrose ... Patient
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mood Swingers (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, drug content, language and violence.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS
Filming Locations:
Hertfordshire, England, UK

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Keith is shown playing a video game (just prior to being the "drug tester"), he is holding a PlayStation 2 controller. However, the game clip shown is actually of the Nintendo 64 game "Perfect Dark". more

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Pretentious Rubbish Misses the Point, 25 January 2005
1/10
Author: steve_cox_ from Australia

I am a great fan of Martin Amis, on whose book this film is based. Unfortunately the director has been unable to translate the book to the screen. The novel is thoroughly post modern and highly artificial in its wildly overblown characters and the disintegration of traditional plot line and character development. It is an hilarious examination of human greed, excess and emptiness by one of the most moral of contemporary British writers. The director of the film has completely missed the point of the novel. In his hands, the film screams along at breakneck speed, indulging in every known trick shot and 'odd' camera angle possible. It is like Ken Russel on acid, and suffers from that older director's self indulgence cranked up to a hundred. Not even the (brief) glimpse of gorgeous actor Christian Solimeno's penis was enough to save this wretched film for me. Abysmal!

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