Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005) by Paul C — 27 Oct 2007

Being a big fan of both Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, I thought I would love this film. Indeed the highlights of the film is the interplay between the two actors. Based on Laurence Sterne's masterpiece 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' which has famously been called 'unfilm-able' - this is a complex re-telling of both the story and the 'making' of the film - in the style of BBC's 'Extras'.

In my opinion, at least, the film does not play to it's strengths and although full of dark humour and literary jokes - does not reach the laugh quotient one would have hoped for. It does however feature a whos-who of British acting talent including Jeremy Northam, Ian Hart, Stephen Fry and Dylan Moran as well as a special cameo by Gillian Anderson.