Saw Inbetweeners 2 at the cinema last night..
I love the TV show, the writers created it, based of own personal teenager experiences and cringe-worthy (real) stories they have heard from friends.. however the premise of the lads just deciding to go to Australia to hook up with a friend in a summer holiday because they haven't got anything better to do.. just seemed a flimsy - hence why I wasn't really expecting much from this film.
I thought the first 20 minutes of the film were really slow and poorly directed, the chaps who do the acting do what they do best.. the one thing I dislike about the Inbetweeners is how exaggerated and over the top the comedy can be sometimes.. there are plenty of moments like this at the start.. Simon's girlfriend from the first film - her character just wasn't that funny at all.. because it was just too exaggerated, there were other parts that just grated on me too.
Half way through the film, the film climaxes with one set-piece it had been building for a while and the audience were in absolute stitches - I have to admit, it was very funny... albeit far removed from any kind of realistic scenario...unfortunately after this the film goes back to what it was doing before.. bubbling away with the odd laugh here and there and then an annoying part... never reaching anywhere near the highs of the half way point.. and it tails off even more towards the end of the film
The film kinda hit my expectations as I wasn't expecting much.. but I still felt a little disappointed at the end of it.
4.5/10