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Guest House Paradiso

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The owners (Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson) of a cheap, dilapidated hotel located near a power plant treat their guests and each other horribly.

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Ian Mantgani UK Critic An embarrassing mess of zany movement and occasional loud clonks Rated: 0.5/4 Nov 13, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Daniel and f Great movie if u watched bottom and if u ain't go and watch it first the only thing not pushing it to 5 star is if u are watching this for Simon Peggy he doesn't do much in this also beware of a crap ton of sick and slapstick just like the old times Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/15/24 Full Review crispin h Absolutely mindless. Absolutely a tour de force of unrepentant slapstick. A pinnacle of greatness. As a film, it's okay and has that static air common to any UK tv comedy moving to cinema: Steptoe and Son, Rising Damp, Morecambe and Wise. Rik Mayall tears up the screen and that's what it's all about really, fun chaos. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review delysid d a terribly stupid film but i really enjoyed it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/08/18 Full Review Audience Member Sorry Rik and Ade love you guys, but this movie blows not many laughs in it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Best slapstick comedy ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Well it had to happen. :P With the success of the BBC series Bottom, as well as their live stage shows. Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall wrote this film spin-off, with Edmondson directing the film, (he'd had experience from directing some Comic Strip episodes), and it's exactly the sort of thing you'd expect from them. Just remove your brain for an hour and a half, and you'll laugh like a loon. Richard Twat (Mayall) and Eddie Ndingombaba (Edmondson) run the worst hotel in the United Kingdom, which is located next door to a poorly managed nuclear power station. Richard and Eddie's bad manners and violence towards one another leaves the guests, including Mr. Johnson (Bill Nighy) and Mr. Nice (Simon Pegg) completely appalled, but things look up for the Guest House Paradiso when famous Italian actress Gina Carbonara (Hélène Mahieu) arrives at the hotel seeking refuge from her violent fiancé Gino Bolognese (Vincent Cassel), who she ran away from at their wedding. Richard immediately see's the opportunity for more guests, but trouble is leaking... It's a very silly film, done on the cheap, and proud of it. But, there's nothing funnier than seeing Edmondson and Mayall knocking the shit out of one another. It's a shame we'll never see another one, as no-one could create grubby environments and characters and violent slapstick like Edmondson and Mayall. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The owners (Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson) of a cheap, dilapidated hotel located near a power plant treat their guests and each other horribly.
Director
Adrian Edmondson
Producer
Phil McIntyre
Screenwriter
Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int, Samuelson Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Surround