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After his girlfriend dumps him at graduation, a young man thinks his life is over. His best friend has the perfect solution: three days at a giant music festival.
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Stephen Dalton Hollywood Reporter Not exactly groundbreaking comedy, but Morris clearly knows his youthful audience demographic well, playing on their hang-ups as much as their aspirations. Aug 22, 2018 Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) It's the specificity of the stereotypes that Morris hangs out to dry that make the film so funny. Rated: 4/5 Aug 20, 2018 Full Review Ryan Gilbey New Statesman After the initial sticky patch, audiences are likely to find themselves amenable and even enthusiastic - much like the festival experience, in fact. Aug 17, 2018 Full Review Nick Reilly NME (New Musical Express) The Festival - a gloriously puerile celebration of mud and music... Rated: 4/5 Apr 29, 2021 Full Review David Brake One Room With A View It all feels so disappointingly similar, retelling old jokes, backed by the rather old-fashioned narrative of a man trying to reclaim his ex-girlfriend. Rated: 2/5 Feb 11, 2019 Full Review Victoria Luxford metro.co.uk It takes a little while to get going, but once it does The Festival is a funny take on a British summer institution. Rated: 3/5 Jan 8, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bradley G The Festival makes you ponder on what could happen in any type of life decision around the university life as I will admit I had a few laughs while watching but I felt it was really wear and tear on The Inbetweeners humour. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review T T This was actually pretty funny and entertaining. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/23 Full Review vasilis t One of the worst movies i ever seen. Even if i knew that it's gonna be a stereotypical American teen sallow movie, they didn't even try to make it run smoothly or something. It's just a collage of cheap and expected jokes that we have seen so many times Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/22 Full Review Audience Member Claudia O'Doherty deserves every good thing Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The Festival is overtly safe especially given the subject, and the producers rely too heavily in the formula they have culminated from past endeavors. The festival manages to deliver on that tried and true formula more than enough to keep the party going however. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review r 9 One or two good moments, otherwise 'The Festival' isn't all that entertaining unfortunately. There is noticeable vibes of 'The Inbetweeners' with this, which isn't a surprise given a number of overlaps here - from Joe Thomas to Hannah Tointon to director Iain Morris. I think the aforementioned show is terrific, but this film doesn't hit anything close to the same heights... despite similar attempted humour. Thomas is alright in the lead role, while Hammed Animashaun and Claudia O'Doherty do try. The better moments that I alluded to earlier are when Noel Fielding and Nick Frost appear. The other cast members are meh. The humour isn't to my liking. I'm all for crude comedy but not when it's central to the whole film, there are a couple of cringey bits. I can't say I laughed aloud with any of it, which is a shame as I felt they were trying. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After his girlfriend dumps him at graduation, a young man thinks his life is over. His best friend has the perfect solution: three days at a giant music festival.
Director
Iain Morris
Producer
Claire Jones
Screenwriter
Keith Akushie, Joe Parham
Production Co
Fudge Park Productions, Film4
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Strong Crude Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 4, 2020
Runtime
1h 38m
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