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Paul Andrew Williams (written by)
Release Date:
14 March 2008 (UK)
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Tagline:
Sleeps six bloody comfortably.
Plot:
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central...
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Farmer
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Countryside
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Deformed
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Kidnapping
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Gangster
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Awards:
1 nomination
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Serkis in undeniably the star of this film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Andy Serkis | ... | David |
 | Reece Shearsmith | ... | Peter |
 | Jennifer Ellison | ... | Tracey |
| Steven O'Donnell | ... | Andrew |
| James Bierman | ... | Bouncer |
| Cat Meacher | ... | Club Receptionist |
| Danny Nussbaum | ... | Man in Suit |
 | Logan Wong | ... | Muk Li San |
| Jonathan Chan-Pensley | ... | Chun Yo Fu |
| Simon Schatzberger | ... | Steven |
| Doug Bradley | ... | Villager with Dog |
 | Dave Legeno | ... | The Farmer (as David Legeno) |
| Katy Murphy | ... | Farmer's Wife |
| Georgia Groome | ... | Farmer's Daughter 1 |
| Eden Watson | ... | Farmer's Daughter 2 |
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92 min
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Certification:
Ireland:16 (theatrical rating) |
UK:18 |
Australia:R (2008) |
Australia:R |
Argentina:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Ireland:18 (DVD rating) |
USA:Unrated |
New Zealand:R16 |
Germany:18
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According to director Williams, Tracey was originally written as a 40-year-old character but, to get the finance, he was told to cast someone young.
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Continuity: When Peter is talking to his wife on the phone asking for his mother's account number, Tracey screams from the room and Peter drops the phone in the pond even before he got the account number. But just before David went out to call Tracey's dad, it seemed that Peter had gotten the account number written on a piece of paper.
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Director Paul Andrew Williams wanted to "write a film that cost no money and was all set in one place". And the first sixty or so minutes stuck to this agenda pretty well; Two brothers kidnap the daughter (Jennifer Ellison) of a wealthy man, he sends out two crazy Chinese guys to kill them, nerdy brother Peter (Reece Shearsmith) looses the all important mobile phone and older hard-man brother David (Andy Serkis) swears a lot, all in the confines of a deserted cottage. The dialogue is just about snappy enough to keep this interesting. Not much to be said for the camera work – but it does kinda add to the atmosphere. And then they end up in another cottage and the blood bath begins.
It's pretty obvious why they cast Ellison: she has big bouncy boobs and her harsh liverpoodlian accent is juxtaposed perfectly with her blonde hair and Barbie doll face. No one really cares that her script rarely ventures beyond words too rude to publish here – the camera generally focuses on her chest/backside with the occasional headbut thrown in. Shame really; I was hoping she'd amaze us all with her diverse acting talent, but I guess it's a case of you can take the girl out of Brookside but you won't get an amazing actress out of a soap star.
Serkis in undeniably the star of this film. The perfect gangster with a heart, his sincerity and charm kept me watching throughout. I'm not entirely sure why he chose to do The Cottage – perhaps, like me, he was hoping this would be one of those rare things; a funny independent British comedy. But unfortunately it just felt like Williams had taken The Chain Sore Massacre and Hot Fuzz, cut out the best bits, stuck the leftovers in a blender and then forgot to cook it properly.
By all means go see this if you like blood, guts and rolling heads, just don't expect any intellect in the script.