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Title: Bright Young Things (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Simon McBurney | ... | Sneath (Photo-Rat) | |
| Michael Sheen | ... | Miles Maitland | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Nina | |
| James McAvoy | ... | Simon Balcairn | |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | Adam | |
| Stockard Channing | ... | Mrs. Melrose Ape | |
| Adrian Scarborough | ... | Customs Officer | |
| Jim Carter | ... | Chief Customs Officer | |
| Fenella Woolgar | ... | Agatha | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Lord Monomark | |
| Julia McKenzie | ... | Lottie Crump | |
| Bruno Lastra | ... | Basilio | |
| David Tennant | ... | Ginger Littlejohn | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | The Drunken Major | |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Judge | |
A fool and his money. In the 1930s, Adam Fenwick-Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore) is part of the English idle class, wanting to marry the flighty Nina Blount (Emily Mortimer). He's a novelist with a one hundred-pound advance for a manuscript confiscated by English customs. He spends the next several years trying to get money and to set a wedding date. He trades in gossip, wins money on wagers, then gives it to a drunken Major (Jim Broadbent), who suggested he bet on a horse in an upcoming race. Adam tries to get the money back, but can't find the Major. Meanwhile, Nina needs security, friends drink too much, and general unhappiness spoils the party. Then war breaks out. Is Adam's bright youth dimming with the fall of an empire? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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"Bright Young Things" is a very stylish adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel, "Vile Bodies". I felt the film captured the snarky satire tone of the novel and was a fairly decent effort on the part of Stephen Fry who was making his directorial debut. I found the film played fairly light and enjoyable; a bit like a meringue that way. I suspect that this is a film for those with a fondness for wicked satire, in jokes and an interest in period pieces.
There is a kind of manic pacing to the film and the cinematography which I suppose matches the feeling of the time. People had survived a war, and a pandemic so it might make one a bit dotty.
I was quite pleased by some of the work by some of the young actors who had never been in a film before. They had a pleasant ease infront of the camera.
It isn't going to be some over the top smash. It is one of those nice art house films that one later rents from the library and shares with certain friends who have a taste for colorful clothes and characters.