Day 95 - Mindhorn

Day 95            Mindhorn [2016]

                          

Screenplay                    Julian Barratt & Simon Farnaby

Director                         Sean Foley

Cinematography            David Luther

Music                            Keefus Ciancia & David Holmes

Leads                            Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Kenneth Branagh, Andrea Risborough, Steve Coogan, Simon Farnaby, Russell Tovey, Richard McCabe

Production                     BBC Films, Baby Cow Films, Isle of Man Film

IMDb                                 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes                 91%

I'm little Johnny Frost bite, moving around, freezing you up, freezing you down, like an icicle, comin' in your tent in the pink light scissorbite, arctic death, infinite night. The mighty Mighty Boosh. I thought this film was going to be one to forget. Instead it was a pleasant surprise because it didn’t try to be something it isn’t. The best of spoofs. It is definitely easy watching so don’t expect a laugh a minute and do expect a lot of random silliness. It’s as if Julian Barratt has stepped out of the Mighty Boosh and remained in character for a normal film. The cast around him was excellent and were just as silly as he was, or at least appropriately disapproving of his stupidity. Simon Farnaby was the funniest character for me, playing Mindhorn’s stunt double turned girlfriend-stealer. I’m not going to try and dress it up as something it’s not. You are not in for movie magic. But it works exactly in the space of what it is and I laughed a bit.

Acting                            3 / 4

Writing                           3 / 4

Cinematography             2 / 4

Music                             2 / 4

HWF rating                3 / 4