Rufous Hound has got himself a video camera and is off to his brother, Robert Webbs wedding. He has decided that as best man it is his job to give the groom and bride a gift they will never forget in the form of a video of the build up to said day. He then potters about filming all the stuff that happens and some inappropriate stuff for real life but that furthers the plot. The blonde woman Robert is marrying is really cool and pretty and stuff and Rufous remembers her from school days. They then spend a little bit too much time together reminiscing. Towards the end the plot goes somewhere really boring and stupid and they forget to even bother with the home movie angle and just go with regular movie.
Found footage, home movie, mockumentary and all other films of that ilk have been done brilliantly in the past but that does not mean that every bugger needs to have a crack at it. The premise of this film actually sounds reasonably promising; funny british people, check; interesting little gimmick, check; attractive blonde woman, check; shame then its a pile of faecal matter. Rufous Hounds character is annoying to say the least and Robert Webb plays the same character he always plays but manages to suck all the comedy out of it. The script is average at best and the story meanders along with little to nothing happening and that that does happen makes no sense or is completely unbelievable. The most annoying thing about the film by far often befalls home movie films in that they just give up on the premise. Whole chunks of the final third are filmed from angles no home movie person could achieve and most importantly the person who is meant to be filming it is on screen way too much. If you have a gimmick running through the film then for Christ's sake stick with it don't just give up because it doesn't quite fit where you want the story to go, show a little effort. Rubbish beyond belief.
Verdict: 0.5/5
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