Hide and Seek

Astrophysicist David Garrett finds himself embroiled in an international game of espionage. In possession of valuable knowledge, he is ably assisted by the beautiful Maggie.

It's pretty much a comedy espionage caper, imagine if the 39 steps were rewritten with a single comedy element.

I love the artwork for this film, I actually have a poster of it on my backroom, I'd never even actually seen the film until tonight, I'd been put off by some of the feedback.

I'm actually glad to decided to watch it, not for the storyline, plot or Carmichael, all of which are adequate, I enjoyed it for one reason, the glorious performance of High Griffiths, the quirky, animal loving boatman is an absolute joy, what an actor.

Carmichael has money for old rope for this let's be honest, he does noting wrong, but his innocent, naive, slightly wet behind the ears character feels so old hat. You'll assume he never had a girlfriend, never touched alcohol, and the most exciting thing he'd ever done prior to this, was put pickle on his cheese sandwich.

Hard not to enjoy the way that David and Maggie come together, she's definitely a product of the swinging 60's, he's clearly wishing for the comfort of 1951.

The film is well produced, it looks very pleasing, the music at times is overbearing.

6/10.