In what is now
common fair, satirical narratives involving the daily lives of successful
actors attempt to take the mundane of luxury and find absurd. It is quite an easy
thing to do, as the inhabitants of their universe mock the self-righteous
decorum which they do not belong in, yet merely savor.
The pairing of these
two actors begins farcically enough, yet descends into nuisance, particularly
with the voice-actor who cannot escape one sentence without mimicry.
The self-parody is
not excessive as seen in Curb Your
Enthusiasm, as there is a soft background of a missed romance that inspired
the entire journey through Northern England foodie heaven. However, it cannot
emotionally endure when the level of banter does not rise above sophomoric comedic
jabs about other actors.
In short, there is
no narrative, only eating and self-absorption. Not to say the film attempts
anything else, only that the humor recycles itself hastily, creating unwanted
and annoying redundancy.
Grade: C-
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