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17 September 2008 (France)
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A comedy centered on three flatmates living desperate lives in London. full summary | add synopsis
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(21 articles)
Madonna finishes new screenplay
(From digitalspy. 7 November 2009, 6:56 AM, PST)
Madonna Takes Another Stab at Directing
(From Cinematical. 23 October 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)
(From digitalspy. 7 November 2009, 6:56 AM, PST)
Madonna Takes Another Stab at Directing
(From Cinematical. 23 October 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Ade | ... | DJ | |
| Gogol Bordello | ... | Themselves (also archive footage) | |
| Olegar Fedoro | ... | A.K.'s Father | |
| Stephen Graham | ... | Harry Beechman | |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | Professor Flynn | |
| Eugene Hutz | ... | A.K. | |
| Shobu Kapoor | ... | Sardeep's Wife | |
| George Keeler | ... | Frail Man | |
| Rhiann Keys | ... | Ballet Dancer | |
| Francesca Kingdon | ... | Francine | |
| Elliot Levey | ... | Benjamin Goldfarb | |
| Inder Manocha | ... | Sardeep | |
| Vicky McClure | ... | Juliette | |
| Tim Wallers | ... | Mr. Frisk | |
| Hannah Walters | ... | Mrs. Goldfarb | |
| Holly Weston | ... | Holly | |
| Clare Wilkie | ... | Chloe |
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UK:81 min (PAL Version)
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Spoofs The Graduate (1967)
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| only good thing in this movie | maligla |
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OK, so let me just say that I came into this as a huge fan of Eugene Hutz and Gogol Bordello and while I don't enjoy her music, I like Madonna's persona and was very excited to see the film.
On the upside, this movie did have some interesting ideas on, well... filth and wisdom, sex work and art. Unfortunately, the story-telling vehicle meant to get us to these ideas was so appalling that Mr. Hutz had to narrate them to us fairly explicitly. For ideas to work in a film WITHOUT an engrossing storyline, those ideas better be pretty profound (which these aren't) otherwise it just looks like the amateurish work of an angsty teen (which this did).
To make it all the more disappointing, the character set ups were GOOD. I wanted to like and know about each of the three protagonists and their relationships to each other. Unfortunately, everything goes downhill after we meet them. Their back stories are only hinted at, their motives and personalities one-dimensional and their stated relationships lacked the slightest chemistry. The secondary characters were worse.
So, what happened and who do we hold accountable for ruining this film? Someone was handed a great cast to play exciting characters, a nice little premise and some passable thematic ideas and yet it bombed. The real achievement of this film is that it managed to be as unwatchable as it was. The only real reason to sit through this pile is for the the sheer erotic thrill of seeing Eugene Hutz as a male dominatrix, and if that doesn't get you rocks off, then I'd just skip it all together.