Parting Shots

Customer Reviews:

great movie.......2007-05-12

i think this movie is brilliant well made and funny.
i am a big fan of chris rea and he played the role very well.
i did see this movie at the cinema when it was released and enjoyed it.i have tried to get soundtrack of the movie but its not avaiable at this time dont know if it will be available in future.

Awful, embarassing dreck.......2005-03-06

What hold did Michael Winner have over Joanna Lumley, Bob Hoskins, Oliver Reed, John Cleese and Ben Kingsley that they agreed to appear in this horrible mess of a film? There is no humour, dark or otherwise here. Chris Rea can't act. He mumbles throughout and makes a very unattractive leading man. Why do aging actors sign up for ensemble productions based on a premise and script with absolutely no wit and no merit just because the director has a reputation? I couldn't believe I sat through this. In short: if you want a tasteless, depressing Brit flick, with a bizarre nod to 70s tack, complete with an overpowering soft porn sountrack, this is for you. However, if you want an intelligent, witty and truly darkly comic movie, rent anything by the highly underrated British filmaker, Mike Leigh.

A stinker.......2005-02-14

Stay away from this one! I bought it for the casting. How could anything starring Diana Rigg, John Cleese, Felicity Kendal, and Oliver Reed be bad? It is. Very.

The plot is predictable, and there isn't a smile, let alone a laugh in the whole of the film, billed as a "black comedy." Indeed, the movie hasn't a single redeeming feature. The music is irritating, and even the photography isn't very well done. Oh yes, and Rigg was 25 years too old to play the part she was given. See her in bed with a man easily old enough to be her son. Mercifully, we were spared a nude scene. In short: a stinker.

At LONG LAST!!.......2004-11-07

I bought this movie because I am a big fan of Chris Rea, and have nearly every song he recorded. I don't expect singers to be good actors (the opposite is often true ... can anybody say "Madonna"?). I was pleasantly surprised at how good an actor Chris Rea is, and I loved the movie. It stands on its own as an original hilarious comedy. Anyone who likes the black comedy of John Cleese in movies like "Fierce Creatures" and "A Fish Called Wanda" should enjoy this treat. After years of buying PAL videotapes and German language only DVDs of this movie, I can finally watch it properly. Let's hope they bring out Chris Rea's other movies, "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" and "La Passione" next!

Parting Shots.......2004-11-05

I saw this on the day it was released in London and there were two people in the audience - me and someone else.
The highlight of this film is a bitchy Diana Rigg who is incredibly supposed to be married to the main character played by Chris Rea - yeah right.
I like the premise of the film too but I won't spoil it - and with such a great cast except for Chris Rea it should have been a blockbuster! But, it ain't!
But look out for Joanna Lumley (The New Avengers and Absolutely Fabulous), Oliver Reed et al.
I have the VHS but will buy the DVD too for my Diana Rigg collection.

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Parting Shots

Parting Shots [Region 2]
Starring: Chris Rea , Felicity Kendal , Bob Hoskins , Ben Kingsley , and Joanna Lumley
Director: Michael Winner
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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