Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor/scope 101m
Director: Jake Scott
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler, Ken Stott, Michael Gambon, Alan Cumming, Nicholas Farrell, Claire Rushbrook
Synopsis:
Eighteenth century England: a gentleman down on his luck joins forces with a cutpurse to earn enough money from highway robbery to enable them to emigrate to the colonies; provided, that is, he can keep his eyes off the Lord Chief Justice's daughter and out of reach of the extremely nasty Thieftaker General.
Review:
An old-fashioned romp which tries to disguise the fact with modern vernacular and a clubby soundtrack; equally cynically it uses two of the most voguish leads of the day. The ruse doesn't work because, surprise, the script is too weak (laughs for only the most stomach-hardened and characters too lightweight to elicit dramatic sympathy). Looks good, though.
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor/scope 101m
Director: Jake Scott
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler, Ken Stott, Michael Gambon, Alan Cumming, Nicholas Farrell, Claire Rushbrook
Synopsis:
Eighteenth century England: a gentleman down on his luck joins forces with a cutpurse to earn enough money from highway robbery to enable them to emigrate to the colonies; provided, that is, he can keep his eyes off the Lord Chief Justice's daughter and out of reach of the extremely nasty Thieftaker General.
Review:
An old-fashioned romp which tries to disguise the fact with modern vernacular and a clubby soundtrack; equally cynically it uses two of the most voguish leads of the day. The ruse doesn't work because, surprise, the script is too weak (laughs for only the most stomach-hardened and characters too lightweight to elicit dramatic sympathy). Looks good, though.
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor/scope 101m
Director: Jake Scott
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler, Ken Stott, Michael Gambon, Alan Cumming, Nicholas Farrell, Claire Rushbrook
Synopsis:
Eighteenth century England: a gentleman down on his luck joins forces with a cutpurse to earn enough money from highway robbery to enable them to emigrate to the colonies; provided, that is, he can keep his eyes off the Lord Chief Justice's daughter and out of reach of the extremely nasty Thieftaker General.
Review:
An old-fashioned romp which tries to disguise the fact with modern vernacular and a clubby soundtrack; equally cynically it uses two of the most voguish leads of the day. The ruse doesn't work because, surprise, the script is too weak (laughs for only the most stomach-hardened and characters too lightweight to elicit dramatic sympathy). Looks good, though.