Review of Huge (2010) by Anonymous User — 27 Jul 2011

Where "Huge" collapses is in its mishandling of the central relationship, subject as it is to slight yet fatal miscasting. Clarke burrows down in a part styled suspiciously like Richard Ayoade, but the actor just doesn't have funny bones in the way a Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill (or, indeed, an Ayoade) undoubtedly does, which immediately reduces the film's potential for laughs by 50%.

And Harris, an exemplary dramatic actor ("London to Brighton", "This is England '86") has the unfortunate tendency of making Jerry Sadowitz look relaxed, stomping all over his share of the jokes - which, and I'm not sure "Huge" itself really knows, may or may not be the point.

With its bitparts and walk-ons for circuit veterans and most of the current Avalon roster, its unexpectedly classy Thandie Newton cameo, it does well to disguise the fact it's another low-budget Britpic, but Miller can't hide the poor pacing, a general sense of skimpiness (it's all over, sadly undeveloped, at 75 minutes) or a feeling that this is another work in which successful entertainers tell us how terrible success is.