The night before Neil is due to get married to Sophie his friends Nigel and Donald take him out for his stag night. Nigel spikes his drink and he is paralytic by the time Pandora the stripper performs her act. He was so far gone that he doesn't recognise her the next day; of course he is far more concerned to find himself on a train with a one way ticket to Doncaster and no money or trousers! His friends are waiting at the station to pick him up but they clearly put him on the wrong train; it is non-stop to Scarborough! Once they get there he tries to find a way back to Kent but with no money he can't find a way. He asks Pandora to help but by now she has but the money she was paid on a horse. Stuck in Scarborough he and Pandora try to figure out how to get him back
eventually he gets home of course by then he'll have missed his wedding and it might be too late to save his relationship with Sophie.
When I first watched this I was expecting something more comical as I'd only seen Rik Mayall in straight comedies; this is far more melancholic though. Neil is a decent chap and you can't help but feel sorry for him as he almost has a breakdown, equally under her brash exterior Pandora is a nice girl. Stars Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham-Carter put in fine performances; it was fun seeing the latter playing against type as a Northern stripper with a tattoo of a swallow on her backside! Nathaniel Parker and Martin Clunes also put in decent performances as his 'Hooray-Henry' type friends; two characters it is hard to like I'm sure many viewers were hoping Neil would thump them for what they did! While this is as tragic as it is comic it is well worth watching if you get the chance.
When I first watched this I was expecting something more comical as I'd only seen Rik Mayall in straight comedies; this is far more melancholic though. Neil is a decent chap and you can't help but feel sorry for him as he almost has a breakdown, equally under her brash exterior Pandora is a nice girl. Stars Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham-Carter put in fine performances; it was fun seeing the latter playing against type as a Northern stripper with a tattoo of a swallow on her backside! Nathaniel Parker and Martin Clunes also put in decent performances as his 'Hooray-Henry' type friends; two characters it is hard to like I'm sure many viewers were hoping Neil would thump them for what they did! While this is as tragic as it is comic it is well worth watching if you get the chance.