Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)

2 English, inseparable, hormonal, BFF, teen boys are avoided by all others. They head to Ibiza with Kevin's parents. Will they lose their virginity there?

Director:

Ed Bye

Writers:

Harry Enfield (screenplay), Dave Cummings (screenplay) (as David Cummings)

Stars:

Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harry Enfield	...	Kevin / Executioner (as Henry R. Enfield)
Kathy Burke	...	Perry
Rhys Ifans	...	Eye Ball Paul
Laura Fraser	...	Candice
James Fleet	...	Dad
Louisa Rix	...	Mum
Tabitha Wady	...	Gemma
Paul Whitehouse	...	Bouncer 1
Natasha Little	...	Anne Boleyn
Anna Shillinglaw	...	Bikini girl (as Anna Shilling Law)
Badi Uzzaman	...	Shopkeeper
Sam Parks	...	Policeman
Kenneth Cranham	...	Vicar (as Ken Cranham)
Mark Tonderai	...	Record store boss
Patsy Byrne	...	Old lady

Storyline

Kevin and Perry are two 15-year-old boys whose desperation to lose their virginity is so great that it inspires a sort of awe. In the rare moments when they're not thinking about girls, Kevin dreams of being a singer, and Perry has ambitions toward becoming a dance music DJ. When Kevin and Perry manage to stop a bank robbery, they're given a sizable cash reward, and they decide to go on a holiday in Ibiza, which is supposedly populated with thousands of beautiful women willing to sleep with anyone. However, after the boys pack plenty of sunscreen and condoms, Kevin's parents announce that they're tagging along. Undeterred, Kevin and Perry make the trip and meet superstar DJ Eyeball Paul , who may or may not listen to their demo tape. The boys also encounter Gemma and Candice, two scruffy teenage girls who are nearly as eager as Kevin and Perry to get horizontal.

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Plot Keywords:

vomiting | hot | sexy | character names in title | dj | 

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Taglines:

All They Want To Do Is... Do It!

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Icon Film Distribution Tiger Aspect Pictures

Country:

UK

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

21 April 2000 (UK)

Also Known As:

Kevin & Perry

Filming Locations:

Cream: Amnesia Nightclub, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

£2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tiger Aspect Productions, Icon Productions, Fragile Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first time Perry is seen (in the shot before they buy the porno mag), he/she doesn't move his/her mouth a lot. This is because Kathy Burke was suffering from horrific toothache and left set early that day to see a dentist.

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Goofs

The film makes out as if the club Amnesia is in the middle of the town - as shown when Kevin's parents leave the restaurant, when in reality Amnesia is halfway between Ibiza town and San Antonio - in the middle of nowhere with nothing else around.

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Quotes

Eyeball Paul: Hows your mummy ginger pubes?
Kevin: Shes a bitch!

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits start and the delted scenes and out-takes are being shown underneath, there are also shots of members of the crew jumping into the forefront of the shot so you know what they look like.

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Alternate Versions

In all of the American releases most of Perry's dialogue (played by Kathy Burke) was dubbed over so that the audience could understand her 'dumb' comments.

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Connections

Follows Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990)

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Soundtracks

Kid 2000
Written by Chrissie Hynde
Published by EMI/Clive Banks Songs.
Performed by Hybrid feat. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde appears courtesy of WEA Records
Hybrid appear courtesy of Distinct'ive Records

User Reviews

Good.

'Kevin & Perry Go Large' is a really successful follow up to Enfield and Burke's original TV characters. There is always an ever present danger with feature length adaptations of TV shows, in that they'll not always transfer onto the big screen with quite the same clout (Think Family Guy).

BUT, K&P have done very well.

So maybe the content is crude, but quite frankly it's a perfect reflection of youth culture abroad (yet obviously within a slanted comedic context). People do go to such destinations as Ibiza, Malia, and Ayia Napa and they DO lose their moral code.

K&P is if not anything else, a depiction of REAL youth culture.

Whether it glorifies that culture or not is up for debate. I'd argue that it doesn't as I feel that Enfield's character rather pokes fun at the naivety of youth, and whilst I've been partial to my own dalliances in nutty behaviour, I can sense a critical undertone in the Kevin character.

The film is funny, and the plot is definitely good enough to keep you watching. As a pre-pubescent teen at the first time of watching, I found the film better then, than perhaps I would do now - but I know I could always whip out the DVD, watch it, and enjoy it time and again.

Enfield and Burke were obviously well versed in their roles, but as always too the Mum and Dad characters played by James Fleet and Louisa Rix, were fantastic. Their uppish standards and typical parental attitudes are thrown out the window in Ibiza, and the denigration of these standards not only shocks, but humours you too.

Eyeball Paul (Rhys Ifans) is a refreshingly crude character, and the relationship between him and the boys is one of the anchors of the flick. Typically Ifans plays the role with precision, taking any subtleties and throwing them straight out the window.

All in all, K&P is a good film, but perhaps nothing but. It's hard to tell whether it's supposed to be a no hold barred comedy, or a tongue in cheek critique on British society. Am I supposed to take the film seriously? Or not? For that reason, I've given it six out of ten.