mole102001

This is very funny indeed and comes from a golden age when film makers knew that simply being explicit did not equal erotic. The film was clearly shot so that with a few cuts it could be shown in a mainstream cinema, but it is the hardcore version that should be sought out. What makes the film work is not the quality of the acting, that was never going to happen, but the tongue in cheek send up of other comedy films. This is most definitely a film not to be taken seriously and the cast play it for all its worth.

This is perfectly encapsulated in the special effects which are a hoot; let me assure you that absolutely no expense was spared on them at all. ha ha.

Well, maybe not.

If monty python had made this full-blooded sex film, it would have been hailed as a masterpiece of send up and kitsch.

I cannot understand the critics of this film. It clearly has an unbelievable plot and all the characters are caricatures of goodies or baddies, inept adults and triumphant kids - but that is where the humour lies. From start to finish it stands in the old fashioned slap stick and manic situation comedy movie genre. The fact that you can see some of the jokes coming does not stop them being funny at the moment of delivery. There are some superb slap stick movie moments. Mayhem abounds. It is not meant to be taken seriously. It does not pretend to be great cinema. It is not cool or sophisticated comedy. Woody Allen would and could not have made it. It should be seen for what it is, a wonderful, old-fashioned, family comedy which makes us laugh again and again and which can be enjoyed by all ages. I grew up on Jerry Lee Lewis and St. Trinians. I loved it.