The Festival 2018

5.9 / 10   150 vote(s)
R
Comedy Music

After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

Release Date 2018-08-14
Runtime 1h 38m
Director Iain Morris
Producers Caroline Leddy, Rachel Springett, Damon Beesley, Wendy Griffin, Claire Jones
Writers Keith Akushie, Joe Parham

One or two good moments, otherwise 'The Festival' isn't all that entertaining unfortunately.

There is noticeable vibes of 'The Inbetweeners' with this, which isn't a surprise given a number of overlaps here - from Joe Thomas to Hannah Tointon to director Iain Morris. I think the aforementioned show is terrific, but this film doesn't hit anything close to the same heights... despite similar attempted humour.

Thomas is alright in the lead role, while Hammed Animashaun and Claudia O'Doherty do try. The better moments that I alluded to earlier are when Noel Fielding and Nick Frost appear. The other cast members are meh.

The humour isn't to my liking. I'm all for crude comedy but not when it's central to the whole film, there are a couple of cringey bits. I can't say I laughed aloud with any of it, which is a shame as I felt they were trying.

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