Gary's Movie Reviews and Ratings
 
Guest House Paradiso = 36 =
Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall reprise their roles from the TV series Bottom, this time as proprietors of Britain's worst hotel (conveniently located next to a nuclear power plant).

There's not much that is new in this movie that hasn't already been done in Bottom or Fawlty Towers. Really devoted fans of Mayall and Edmondson will get some enjoyment from a few genuinely hilarious moments and some pretty cheap, but cool, stunts (such as the exploding rubber underwear).

However, overall the movie is terrible! In fact, some of it is in such bad taste, that it is one of the first movies this year to get into the "so bad it's good" category. I am convinced that this movie will be a fantastic classic if viewed while drunk (but not queasy), but until then it must wallow deservedly in its 36/100 rating.

 
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  Director: Adrian Edmondson  
  Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Helene Mahieu, Vincent Cassel
  Date seen: 4 December 1999  
  Last Updated 5 December 1999  


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