Synopsis
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
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Cast
- Stephen Campbell MooreAdam Fenwick-Symes
- Emily MortimerNina Blount
- Harriet WalterLady Maitland
- Michael SheenMiles Maitland
- James McAvoySimon Balcairn
- David TennantGinger Littlejohn
- Stockard ChanningMrs. Melrose Ape
- Fenella WoolgarAgatha Runcible
- Dan AykroydLord Monomark
- Simon McBurneySneath
Recommandations
- 80
The New York Times
Waugh's dialogue, effortlessly catching the lockjaw intonations and facetious mannerisms of the British aristocracy between the world wars, is a gift to screenwriters and performers alike. The actors Mr. Fry has assembled receive the gift with gusto and grace. - 80
Slate
I could quibble with the conventionally romantic ending and a couple of small but not-so-cosmetic alterations, but on the whole, this is just how I'd always imagined one of my favorite comic novels should look and sound. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Both script and direction are the work of the glittering comedic polymath Stephen Fry. - 60
Film Threat
Fun, giddy, and intoxicating as the endless soirees in which it revels. - 60
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Fry's saving grace is his love of actors. The younger and less familiar performers are more than adequate, but it's the older guard that shines. Broadbent is marvelously rummy. - 50
Rolling Stone
By the time Fry lets darkness encroach on these bright young things, the fizz is gone, and so is any reason to make us give a damn. - 50
Variety
An easy-to-digest slice of literate entertainment for upscale and older audiences that lacks a significant emotional undertow to make it a truly involving -- rather than simply voyeuristic -- experience. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Noisy and giddy, the film makes a stab at "Moulin Rouge" territory but ends up as a very trite story of boy loses girl, boy finds girl. It is also stridently camp -- not so much roaring '20s as screaming.
