Review of Four Lions (2010) by Geoff H — 22 Jun 2012
Satire at its best! Without offending, it pulls off a very difficult subject matter in an honest, refreshing, humorous and poignant way. Phlegmatic humour and sharp satire are thrown in every direction and the main targets being the fundamentalist Islamic culture and the covertly snobbish hypocrisy of politicians in the most daring political satire in the post 9/11 world.
The seriousness of the subject matter is what makes it so funny. The film makes excellent comedic use out of this, playing up a highly tense situation to only hilarious defuse (lol) it moments later. The writing was so smart and it was so quotable, true signs of great comedy I think.
If anyone can make a comedy about 4 terrorist planing to kill thousand innocent people it's definitely Chris Morris. After this film, The Thick of It and In the Loop screenwriters Jesse Armstrong and Simon Blackwell are becoming one of my favourites.
Also, am I the only one that felt that Faisal was very close to Walter from The Big Lebowski?
This review of Four Lions (2010) was written by Geoff H on 22 Jun 2012.
Four Lions has generally received positive reviews.
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