Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Name: Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004-02-20
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Johnny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook, Carol Harvey

2004
Unrated
1h 22m

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

Comedy

Follows the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham.Follows the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham.Follows the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham.

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
In the opening scene, Johnny Vegas drives a van and taunts the driving instructor. In real life, Vegas did not have a driver's license at the time.

Quotes
Jeremy: [Reading the letter he has just written Ruth in his head] Like a leaf falling from a tree, I fell for you. Gradual. Then suddenly. My insides melt. Your eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth. Everything leading to now. In the lake, my shattered reflection. The million pieces of heartbreak. Be still, then, passion. She has turned away, like the winter. My hibernating love. As it warms, the clear shafts of sunlight penetrate your moist fanny with my stiff, meaty love-rocket.
Jeremy: [gasps] Fucking bitch!

Connections
Referenced in Comedy Connections: Shooting Stars (2006)

Soundtracks
Ace of Spades
Written by Lemmy (as Ian Kilmister), Fast Eddie Clarke (as Edward Clarke) and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor (as Philip Taylor)
Performed by Motörhead

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Funny

All I expect from a comedy is that it's funny and that's what this film is. Funny.

OK, so ideally in addition there would have been some emotional resonance to counter and complement the comedy and the character arcs wouldn't just, sort of, limp to a hasty conclusion but I laughed throughout and so maybe that's being too picky.

People have compared this to the Carry On films and I hope Humphries is suitably horrified rather than flattered. The Carry On films severely lacked the depth, honesty and courage that Sex Lives of the Potato Men displays. I'd go as far to say Sex Lives of the Potato Men is a spot-on satire on recreational sex and the mores of the new millennium; where the seeking of new experiences is deemed more important than true intimacy and relationships.

It is bizarre that by simply holding a mirror up and reflecting our society as it exists, Humphries has been villified in the media.

I would strongly advise not to let middle-class metropolitan reviewers or the sexphobic moral minority or jealous bitter would-be film-makers put you off, see it for yourself and make your own mind up.