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10/18/08
Bigga than Ben (2008)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:6
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Bigga Than Ben is offensive and maybe slightly misogynistic, but still a provocative and crass slice of immigrant life in London.
Starring: Ben Barnes
Reviews for Bigga than Ben
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
This lively comedy feels like about half a movie, as the inventive Borat-like hilarity runs out of steam after about an hour
10/10/08
Bigga Than Ben is small-scale, episodic and not without its sins of omission. But it looks as if it speaks the truth and is considerably more entertaining and thought-provoking than most of the week’s other offerings.
10/10/08
It tails off into a confusing ending, but Bigga Than Ben is still honest, funny and provocative enough to wind up Daily Mail and Guardian readers alike.
10/10/08
Where she’s less sure is the disintegration of the friendship between Spiker and Cobakka. It’s less than convincing and strangely unaffecting because – to be brutally honest – they’re both a pair of neo-Nazi gits.
10/10/08
Still, it's an enterprising little movie in its location shooting, and I warmed to it - an overeagerness to entertain is hardly the worst crime.
10/10/08
Relentlessly crass, smug, charmless and unedifying.
10/10/08
Top CriticIt’s a depressing, grubby-looking little film with an undercurrent of particularly mean-spirited misogyny. You wonder what Suzie Halewood, the director, was thinking.
10/10/08
Top CriticWhat purports to be a rough guide, slyly but skilfully reveals itself to be a bit of a rough diamond.
10/10/08
The performances are spiky, the use of varied locations is fresh and the dialogue – ‘How could I ever imagine that I, a Moscow hooligan and Nazi would become a negro lover?’ – is warmingly non-exemplary.
10/10/08
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