What the film lacks is some drive, intrigue. In Death at a Funeral, the director places a few strange personalities in a non-trivial situation in an enclosed space – and it won’t be boring anyway. In the comedy Enter and Exit, we are talking only about the soulful throwing of a literature teacher from a provincial English school. He lived and did not bother, and even was going to get married, and then suddenly his former student announces to the whole country that his teacher is gay. Our hero was outraged ... and then he thought. To orient with orientation he in this film and will.
But the internal conflict, as material for comedy, is weak. Because the problem seems far-fetched, it exists only in the brain of the protagonist. And as a result, the plot is not catchy, because it is not particularly. The hero of Kevin Kline rushes, then tries to seem real macho, then defends his right to be a fan of Barbara Streisand with his fists ...
No, there are many funny situations, there are successful jokes and original funny scenes - but all this somehow does not add up, stretches and falls on the viewer's head gradually and leisurely. In "Death at the Funeral" this was no more - there was originally created such a situation that the exit from it without a couple of wild antics of the characters is unthinkable.
The funniest thing I found was the Oscar-winning parody - war, gays and terminal doses of pathos - really the quintessence of the award winners. The filmmakers went through the fashion for unnatural thinness among modern girls. The "Freudian caveats" and ambiguous scenes, which are not what they initially seem - English humor, after all. Despite the slippery topic, it turned out almost without vulgarity. But the only vulgar joke the creators for some reason ... brought in the title of the film.
But, alas, the film is now and then sagging. This is not good for comedy. And one more thought - in the years of the creation of this film, it looked quite harmless. Now that issues of tolerance and homophobia have again become painful for our society, Enter and Exit looks even provocative and poignant. I'm afraid it won't be on TV anymore. Is the loss really great in this case? Don't know. But somehow strange, usually the opposite, once tough and politically incorrect works of art eventually become harmless textbook classics. The reverse trend is frightening, even despite my ambiguous (rather moderately negative) attitude towards homosexuality.
Result: English humor, anti-homophobic pathos, several successful finds ... But in general, the misadventures of a dull provincial philologist of an uncertain orientation somehow evoke boredom. If you like English humor and are not an ardent homophobe, you can watch it. But personally, I was more likely to doze off than laugh, and this, as one little-known rock band sings on a completely different occasion, is “not a joyful sign.” 6 out of 10
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