Festival

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Festival

2005

1h 47m

Comedy

Drama

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Following a number of performers and judges who converge at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Several tales are interwoven as the judge of a comedy award drives his personal assistant to distraction (and the bottle), a would-be comedienne tries to get her big break, and an actress mounts her earnest and challenging one-woman play.

Empire Magazine

The atmosphere of the festival is effectively portrayed ... and there are few decent laughs.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Stella Papamichael

BBC.com

Festival will surely tickle your funny bone.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2005

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Paul Dale

The List

Acidic, dyspeptic, darkly funny and filthily rude, Festival is that rare British beast: a good ensemble drama.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 25, 2019

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

Here's a tip: when making a film about the comedy portion of the Fringe Festival of Edinburgh, make it funny.

Rated: F

Jun 21, 2007

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ScreenAnarchy

For the most part, the stories are completely unrelated and therefore suffer from a feeling that some of the strands are completely redundant.

Apr 17, 2007

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Michael Ferraro

Film Threat

Festival is like the Nashville of the fringe scene; a multi-character exercise that shows writer/director Annie Griffin's wonderful ability to juggle a large cast with an enjoyable story and constant laughs.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 21, 2006

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Audience Member

More dramatic than the Edinburgh festival ever gets, the ensemble plot isn't bad, but most of the characters are annoying.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

actually saw a scene of this getting filmed one night. decent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

I might be a bit biased because I'm an Edinburgh resident but I love this film. It makes me feel so much better about having to live in Edinburgh in August. Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing! It also seems to manage to capture the mad mood of the city during the Festival and is laugh out loud funny though. Bias aside it's a delightful quirky little black comedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

This film isn't very good. It tries too hard be an English dogme comedy but this is no Festen, its more like Mike Figgis's Hotel and if you know what im taking about, you know that that's not a good thing. Highlights are Chris O'Dowd & Clive Russell's performances, a star each!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

This movie is a bit episodic but there are some absolute gems in there, especially the play by the Canadian troupe. The Amazon.co.uk reviews and the IMDB reviews and discussion threads are some of the funniest reads I've had in a bit.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Works better as a TV series maybe. It has its moments though!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Synopsis

Following a number of performers and judges who converge at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Several tales are interwoven as the judge of a comedy award drives his personal assistant to distraction (and the bottle), a would-be comedienne tries to get her big break, and an actress mounts her earnest and challenging one-woman play.

Director: Annie Griffin
Producer: Christopher Young
Screenwriter: Annie Griffin
Production Co: FilmFour
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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