Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)

Director:

Andy Humphries

Writer:

Andy Humphries (written by)

Release Date:

20 February 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The search for the lowest form of life on the planet is over.

Plot:

Mackenzie Crook and Johnny Vegas star as the bird-chasing, self-proclaimed "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance...

Plot Keywords:

Food In Title

Cast

Johnny Vegas	...	Dave
Mackenzie Crook	...	Ferris
Mark Gatiss	...	Jeremy
Dominic Coleman	...	Tolly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Aird	...	Gherkin Man
Joy Aldridge	...	Massage Shop Woman
Jeff Alexander	...	Group Sex Bloke
Adrian Chiles	...	Sex Party Host
Julia Davis	...	Shelley
Lucy Davis	...	Ruth
Justin Edgar	...	Chip Shop Customer
Huss Garbiya	...	Beans
Evie Garratt	...	Joan's Mum
Natasha Anne Hamilton	...	Ruth's Mum
Robert Harrison	...	Kevin
Carol Harvey	...	Chip Shop Woman
Nick Holder	...	Gordon
Alfie Hunter	...	Matthew
Laurence Inman	...	Porn Shop Bloke
Jenny Jay	...	Helen
Ceris Jones	...	Poppy's Brother
Leonard Jones	...	Mini Cab Driver
Helen Latham	...	Chip Shop Girl
Craig May	...	Ruth's Boyfriend
Ed Newbrook	...	Ruth's Dad
Kay Purcell	...	Gloria
Nicola Reynolds	...	Poppy
Kate Robbins	...	Joan
Angela Simpson	...	Vicky
Nicholas Tennant	...	Phil
Betty Trew	...	Katie

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18

Filming Locations:

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Company:

Devotion Films

Quotes:

Dave: If I wasn't so lazy, I'd become a workaholic.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Connections: Shooting Stars (#4.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Good Karma

Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Sex Lives of the Potato Men is about the sex lives of several men involved in delivering potatoes. So there are no surprises there. It is, in fact, pretty much what you might expect from the title: that is, it's a quirky comedy involving sex and potato men. At times the film works. It's an edgy, sometimes uncomfortable comedy about the lives of some rather unimportant and rather average men who are having problems of various sorts with women. Where the film clearly does not work, and why it failed at the box office, is that the quirky, uncomfortable parts are perhaps just a shade too quirky and uncomfortable. Instead of laughing during the scene of a man suspended from a basement ceiling masturbating over another man while he makes love to his wife, I think most of us just kind of groan awkwardly and wonder what Andy Humphries was thinking. Well, perhaps we are shown what he was thinking all too clearly.