Confetti (2006) Reviews

• An enjoyable film, refreshingly free of cynicism

  tohu2007-10-25

  Three young couples vie to win a magazine contest by holding their 'themed' weddings in public, with the winners being awarded a first prize of a brand new home. Step forward the three couples: nudists Michael and Joanna; tennis-mad Josef and Meredith, and Hollywood musical fans Matt and Samantha. The fun comes for us as as viewers as we join the fly-on the wall documentary team that follows all three couples as the wedding organisers and their respective families try to get the weddings together in time for the contest. This is a showcase of modern British comedy talent. Jimmy Carr, Felicity Montagu, Stephen Mangan, Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson and Alison Steadman all do their bit. But the real stars are the lesser known Vincent Franklin and Jason Watkins as the camp wedding organisers who won't let anything get in the way of the couples' dream day. This is an enjoyable little film, with a nice basic idea, littered with lots of good performances. It is 'smile' humour, rather than 'laugh out loud' stuff. But the smiles are here a-plenty. It is also surprisingly moving at times as well, and refreshingly free of cynicism. If at times you doubt the sincerity of some of those involved, the ending leaves you on a high. 'Confetti' is not brilliant or ground-breaking, but it will make you smile. And that's not such a bad recommendation, is it?

• Hilarious

  flash-1392006-05-29

  A highly entertaining and original comedy using the cream of British comedy acting talent, who spent weeks improvising before arriving at the final script. At times the writer/director Debbie Isitt doesn't seem sure whether to make her characters comic or endearing, but usually succeeds in doing both. The 'Tennis Match' wedding is very funny, while the cast of non-dancers failing to achieve perfect symmetry in the Busby Berkeley sequence adds to the general hilarity. Martin Freeman gets better with each role, Alison Steadman turns in her usual immaculate performance, with Jimmy Carr making the most of his first big screen role. Look out for the spectacularly camp wedding planners, who nearly steal the show from bigger names. If you liked 'The Office' and 'Shaun of the Dead' you'll love this.

• Touching, romantic and greatly hilarious - Richard Curtis is dead!

  incredulous_nedulous2006-05-06

  Saw Confetti today and was not sure what to expect, I knew it had a great cast from all over British comedy TV - Green Wing, Peep Show, Spaced, The Office and it had also been written by the brilliant Debbie Isitt but I'd heard mixed reviews so I went in with an open mind; I LOVED IT!!! I'm not a sucker for romantic comedies, or comedies in general, I don't tend to laugh out loud in them so I knew I was in for a good time when I'd laughed a great deal in the first five minutes. I won't over elaborate but basically its about a wedding magazine offering a prize of a new home to the most original wedding. It gets down to three; a sweet couple who want to do a musical-themed wedding, an egoistical, victory-obsessed couple who want to have a tennis-themed wedding and a naturist couple determined to have their wedding in the buff. Needless to say the cast are brilliant and the film is not only hilarious but also very touching at times. Go and see it! the PERFECT romantic comedy, another nail in Richard "One-trick-pony" Curtis' coffin.

• Green Wing's love child

  pexxxy12006-05-03

  *Mild Spoilers* Confetti was like an extended episode of Green Wing. With less laughs. Its about 3 couples competing for a dream wedding & mag cover shoot. (Oh, and a house) One couple want a musical wedding (musical ball number - some bloke out of The Office) One couple want a tennis-theme for their nuptials ( tennis balls everywhere - some bloke out of Green Wing) and the last couple want a naturist event (balls everywhere! - some bloke out of Peep Show) It plays a bit like The Office as a fly-on-the-wall docu-soap & its all improv; it has its moments, but these are few... Jimmy Carr is wasted but Steve Mangan is amazing as a has-been tennis star jealous of his soon-to-be's Spanish (lothario in his mind)tennis coach. There's a great scene where they have a fight on a tennis court - Steve runs off apparently to 'run it off' then he charges back in and piles into the coach once more. (Very Guy-like but much more physical!) Great supporting cast including Mark Heap and Olivia Colman giving it some Green Wing polish! I REALLY wanted to love this film; guess the wedding's off...

• If it matches your sense of humour, you will love it

  jayhouserock2006-05-09

  I personally found the film hilarious, it was cringe worthy, but in a good way. Well acted and very funny. The highlights of the film are The mother and sister of Jessica Stevenson's character and The Wedding Planners. The funniest scenes contain interaction between these four. i'd say its not going to be to everyone's taste, thats a given. I seemed to find it funnier than most of the people I was in the cinema with, i think its one of those cult things. Some people think Freddie got fingered is the funniest film they have ever seen, others think its stupid. its not as good as Spinal Tap, but i saw American Dreamz the other week and its a million times funnier than that. I think as with any comedy its a sense of humour thing, this would appeal more to fans of Shaun of the Dead than Four Weddings, but my honest opinion is that this film was the funniest thing i have seen since the 40 year old Virgin.