The Nan Movie
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rhythmbandit
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This would have been amusing in 2005 but now just seems completely pointless. 
VoR
Take it or leave it
I struggle to think of a less appealing movie viewing prospect than this.
Penelope
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rhythmbandit
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Angry northern couple.
Get Pedro Almodovar on to it!
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愛してるって 言わなきゃ殺す
I enjoyed the overreacting middle class family too
lolly
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I liked Nan as a character about as much as any of the others, but 90 minutes (or whatever it is) of it absolutely doesn't appeal.
Very obviously I'm not opposed to old lady swearing comedy though. But when Annette Crosbie perfected it in After Life, who needs this?
Very obviously I'm not opposed to old lady swearing comedy though. But when Annette Crosbie perfected it in After Life, who needs this?
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Tisch
DO IT FOR HER
I just don't get why she's doing this. She's such an acclaimed actress and writer. Why not work on something new instead of rehashing a 15 year old joke that no-one's asked for?
Iguana
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Hoping for a 'lowest common denominator' hit I guess. It's beneath her now 
lolly
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The other thing I don't get is that I imagine a lot of the people who this would appeal to in terms of demographic are too young to have a link to the character. It's 15 years since the last series ended, although I think there have been a couple of specials since, but latest of those must be several years ago now.
Which does make me wonder if she really is trying to relaunch the character for a new generation with this.
lolly
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I've only seen two reviews of it, the Guardian and another one star in the Telegraph, which called it 'as interminable as it is revolting'. Presumably the paucity of reviews is partly due to the lack of press previews.
And the film credits do not list a director - it is thought to have been directed by Josie Rourke, but she's only credited as one of several executive producers.
And the film credits do not list a director - it is thought to have been directed by Josie Rourke, but she's only credited as one of several executive producers.
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It's just chock-a-block with famous sitcom actors that haven't been able to get a role for years.
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I did see she's getting her own netflix series too - a sketch show about women in jail, so at least she is doing new stuff too wit her TALANT
I remember there have been one or two Nan Christmas specials/One offs since the show ended too, so they must have done very well for Warner Brothers to fund this.
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This is quite interesting
Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the current UK film The Nan Movie written by and starring Catherine Tate was missing a director credit, suggesting that something seriously weird had gone down during production. My review of the movie pointed out how it was a film of two halves, with a thoughtful, beautifully shot period piece set in London during the war, told in flashback. But that it was marred by the other half of the film, a great, dull-looking road trip from London to Ireland filled with boring, tedious irrelevant distractions that hurt the brain. And that some post-production editing seemed to have been employed to bring it to the screen. It's not every day that your gut feeling and presumptions are 100% bang on the money, but it seems that it was even worse than I presumed.
I've been informed by UK film people in the know that The Nan Movie's original director Jessica Rourke filmed a thoughtful period piece with jokes, written by Catherine Tate and Brett Goldstein, the majority of the film was set in 1940s London, as could be seen in the onset photos, now deleted, that she posted to Instagram. But that, on the delivery of the film in 2019, someone panicked as the film was seen as too far from the original sketches from twenty years ago. This was partially the point, taking a caricature of a monster and finding the heart, the reasons, the journey taken, and that everyone has a past that informs the way they are now, however horrible. It was an exercise in dramatic empathy. But maybe not what the investors wanted for The Nan Movie.
And so, the wartime period scenes were cut right back. The majority of the road trip, now taking up most of The Nan Movie, were then written and filmed on the cheap without Rourke. The animation sequences were then added when the reshoot budget couldn't stretch to all that was deemed necessary, which meant re-recording part of the soundtrack to add an early reference to Jamie being an amateur animator to try and justify it.
What does this mean? Well, somewhere, the original The Nan Movie film exists. Maybe we could call it The Rourke Cut. And it could deliver a far more satisfying, emotionally rich, beautifully shot cinematic experience that might even have an appeal beyond the shores of the UK. At least certainly in comparison to the travesty that hit the screen this weekend. Does anyone want to start a petition? I understand that the studio Warner Bros. might be susceptible to that kind of thing.
Gossip: What Really Went Down With Catherine Tate's The Nan Movie
Gossip: What Really Went Down With Catherine Tate's The Nan Movie
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Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the current UK film The Nan Movie written by and starring Catherine Tate was missing a director credit, suggesting that something seriously weird had gone down during production. My review of the movie pointed out how it was a film of two halves, with a thoughtful, beautifully shot period piece set in London during the war, told in flashback. But that it was marred by the other half of the film, a great, dull-looking road trip from London to Ireland filled with boring, tedious irrelevant distractions that hurt the brain. And that some post-production editing seemed to have been employed to bring it to the screen. It's not every day that your gut feeling and presumptions are 100% bang on the money, but it seems that it was even worse than I presumed.
I've been informed by UK film people in the know that The Nan Movie's original director Jessica Rourke filmed a thoughtful period piece with jokes, written by Catherine Tate and Brett Goldstein, the majority of the film was set in 1940s London, as could be seen in the onset photos, now deleted, that she posted to Instagram. But that, on the delivery of the film in 2019, someone panicked as the film was seen as too far from the original sketches from twenty years ago. This was partially the point, taking a caricature of a monster and finding the heart, the reasons, the journey taken, and that everyone has a past that informs the way they are now, however horrible. It was an exercise in dramatic empathy. But maybe not what the investors wanted for The Nan Movie.
And so, the wartime period scenes were cut right back. The majority of the road trip, now taking up most of The Nan Movie, were then written and filmed on the cheap without Rourke. The animation sequences were then added when the reshoot budget couldn't stretch to all that was deemed necessary, which meant re-recording part of the soundtrack to add an early reference to Jamie being an amateur animator to try and justify it.
What does this mean? Well, somewhere, the original The Nan Movie film exists. Maybe we could call it The Rourke Cut. And it could deliver a far more satisfying, emotionally rich, beautifully shot cinematic experience that might even have an appeal beyond the shores of the UK. At least certainly in comparison to the travesty that hit the screen this weekend. Does anyone want to start a petition? I understand that the studio Warner Bros. might be susceptible to that kind of thing.
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That does sound like a far more interesting movie, probably not one I'd necessarily want to watch but still!
rhythmbandit
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This was an ordeal. It wasn't nearly as bad as the critics said, but it was still bad.
I would have preferred a full movie in flashback telling the full story over the years. The present day scenes were bafflingly bad and the low budget animations that appeared throughout were awful. One or two funny lines but everything else fell flat.
As Nan used to say in the Catherine Tate show but not here, what a load of old shit.
A generous 3.
I would have preferred a full movie in flashback telling the full story over the years. The present day scenes were bafflingly bad and the low budget animations that appeared throughout were awful. One or two funny lines but everything else fell flat.
As Nan used to say in the Catherine Tate show but not here, what a load of old shit.
A generous 3.
Is it the new MA MÈRE?
3 stars is good!