Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

At last! a decent British film that actually made me laugh out loud

at the dark, dark humour on display throughout this film. OK, so it

can't compete visually with Hollywood, and the ending is

somewhat shoe-horned in uncomfortably, but, it does have some

fine under stated acting and an anti-capitalist message we can all

relate to, to some extent at least! . Watch, as the seemingly dim

witted Christy see's the light and puts a shape to the confusion of

adulthood with a simple but single minded plan to have his

retribution on the powers that be that make his life difficult. Every

debit must have a credit indeed! See this film, then go read the

book. Good soundtrack,but bad, bad DVD cover, this won't help people

pick it up in Blockbusters!

Not too often a film like this comes along. When it does however it demands your attention. Based the cult novel by B. S. Johnson, with Peter Greenaway's collaborator Kees Kasander in production and Luke Haines' of Auters and Black Box Recorder behind the soundtrack, Christie Malry's Own Double Entry lays a claim upon the title of the best English film (almost)no one saw.

Christie lives with his mother, and works in a bank. When he discovers the simple bookkeeping principle of double entries - a debit for every credit - the picture starts to clear: he charges himself for every insult received, and credits society for every insult he returns. His «credit-rate» starts from simple acts of vandalism, and escalate to a magnificent, misanthropic plan. Suddenly, Christie's life finds a shocking new meaning.

Brilliant and unsparing, mordant and seductive, this film is an act of courage on it's own. You might find it too much to take if your view of the world is blurred by Hollywood romantic comedies, but if you give it a chance it might change your life -or at least two hours of it...

With a limited budget and resources, Paul Tickell has done a fantastic job of bringing Johnson's unique perspective to the screen. Nick Moran does well at playing a character that is almost a cipher but has a darkness within him that no-one detects until it's far too late. References to Princess Diana and attacks on Iraq bring the tale right up to date and, frustrating as it was, I can see why this was pulled from its original mid-September release date.

Luke Haines is a God.

I see it in a festival in Athens.Brilliant English film!Hard to explain!What can i say??You M-U-S-T see this film!I can't write very good English,so i can't write a lot of the plot of the film.Go see it and you will see something you will remember a long time!

Certainly a movie to promote food for thought but I found it a bit hard-work at times. The period drama running throughout, was well filmed but it did not make much sense to me. Still has some well constructed scenes, maybe could gain a cult following of sorts. The story is like an interesting take on Karma. Funny and sexy in places. The 10/10 reviews and 1/10 review are highly misleading.