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The Festival

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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 The Hollywood Reporter 08/22/2018
Not exactly groundbreaking comedy, but Morris clearly knows his youthful audience demographic well, playing on their hang-ups as much as their aspirations. Go to Full Review
Simran Hans Observer (UK) 08/20/2018
4/5
It's the specificity of the stereotypes that Morris hangs out to dry that make the film so funny. Go to Full Review
Ryan Gilbey New Statesman 08/17/2018
After the initial sticky patch, audiences are likely to find themselves amenable and even enthusiastic - much like the festival experience, in fact. Go to Full Review
Nick Reilly NME (New Musical Express) 04/29/2021
4/5
The Festival - a gloriously puerile celebration of mud and music... Go to Full Review
David Brake One Room With A View 02/11/2019
2/5
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. Go to Full Review
Victoria Luxford metro.co.uk 01/08/2019
3/5
It takes a little while to get going, but once it does The Festival is a funny take on a British summer institution. Go to Full Review
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Bradley G 01/30/2024 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. See more T T 03/19/2023 This was actually pretty funny and entertaining. See more vasilis t 11/28/2022 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 See more 04/16/2021 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. See more r 9 02/11/2021 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. See more 01/14/2021 Such a great and enjoyable film, tons of laughs and excitement! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Film4, Fudge Park Productions
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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