Invitation to the Wedding (1985, UK)

An execrable film about a man who is wooing a young woman who is already engaged.

There was a time when the British film industry was going through an identity crisis. It was sure that traditional English values counted for everything, but it found that Hollywood ideas made commercial sense. Some British directors were convinced that the best of both worlds was possible, and an injection of the American way of doing things into a traditional English setting, would be a sure-fire recipe. It rarely worked, and this film is toe-curlingly embarrassing. John Gielgud -- a fine Shakespearian actor -- was apparently under the impreession that he could do a Texan accent. He was wrong.

Ronald Lacey was a character actor who specialised in slimy roles; here he plays both the family solicitor and his wife, Clara Eatwell, at a dinner party and afterwards. I suppose this element was introduced to the film to add spice. A shave would have been a good idea, though.

To summarise: I didn't like the film.

HF June 2007

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