A group of friends gather for a wake, and are shown a video shot by Jude and starring them before he dies. Things go rapidly downhill.
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Without a doubt, this is a fantastic film. Jude Law puts on a fine performance only to be overshadowed by a typical, Ray Winston performance, he is just brilliant!!! I watched this film and I was gripped from beginning to end. I had no idea where it was taking me, but it was a journey well spent.I didn't want it to end, I looked at the chapters on the DVD while watching it, only to discover, I was on the last one, :-( I was very disappointed, I wanted more and more.Not everyone cup of tea, I suppose, but it's certainly my flavoured drink.10/10
I am a huge Jude Law fan and have seen most of his movies. I bought this movie from Amazon.com used and was sadly disappointed. There was no real plot and the acting was sub-par. Jude was barely in the "movie." This was more of a documentary then a movie, with the plot being a man making a movie of his friends from hidden cameras throughout his home. At certain points is was borderline nauseating as a woman sits on the toilet tinkling for well over a minute. Honestly I can't believe that Jude subjected himself to this punishment since the opening was his obituary and wake! If you are a Jude fan or even if you aren't my advice would be not to waste your time and money with this movie. Even if Jude Law wasn't in this movie I would call it one of the worst movies ever made.
It cannot be argued that this is not original, put some of Britains best talent together, outline the plot, and then let them improvise the rest.Unfortunately what results is self absorbed tosh. When you find out what these "friends" do to each other I cannot believe that they would be friends anyway.The friends all meet at Jude's place after his funeral and are shown a tape which has been put together, by Jude, using hidden cameras. It shows a group of totally self-centred individuals who do drugs and steal from each other. None of them show any redeeming features which makes it impossible to empathise with them. What a waste of some of the best British talent around
There is one word I can use to sum up this film: weird. It's one of those films that, even though you're thinking it's really quite slow and boring, you can't actually get up and walk out of it because it is nevertheless still gripping. Not a film I would particularly recommend for anyone to spend their hard earned cash on, but not as bad as some reviews have made out. It would probably be better watching it in the comfort of your own home.