Sort of beyond criticism in a way, but I’ll give it a go.
All you basically need to know is that if you enjoyed the series like I did then you’ll enjoy this. The film’s meant to provide a grand finale to the series (that won’t be coming back for a fourth season) and it does just that.
As always the central characters are self-absorbed, charmless, awkward, desperate, ignorant and frustrating in a way that teenagers generally are, but deep within their adolescent cocoon grows an adult that can be sensitive, patient, understanding and articulate. Maturity comes from experience and the four boys in The Inbetweeners Movie receive experience by the bucket load.
Amazingly and to it’s credit the film does well to keep on track and hold the attention throughout, steering clear of any “zany” sub-plots that other comedy films resort to when the writers run out of things for their characters to do. It’s just about four boys (I think the actors are actually in their mid-twenties) going on a lads holiday and making idiots of themselves but eventually finding… well, that’ll be giving the game away :)
I laughed, I cried, I hid behind my hands with embarrassment, I cringed at the bad acting and I wished Greg Davies (the headteacher) was in it more (although his final pay-off over the closing credits is delicious).
This should stand as a model for all sitcom-to-movie efforts out there currently in the works as this is how it’s meant to be done.
4/5
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