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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-11 09:57 PM
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Has anyone seen the movie "four lions"? Is it any good. It is supposed to be
very funny.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-11 06:43 PM
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1. I loved it, which should scare you away.
Edited on Sun Apr-17-11 06:45 PM by Forkboy
The trailer makes it look more slapstick than it is, where the comedy is really more on the dry side more often than not. The humor is usually low key. The story itself is rather cute, and the characters are all pretty funny, and you'll actually be sympathizing with them by the end. I hesitate to recommend the movie because my sense of humor tends to be very offbeat so it may hit you entirely differently, but it was one of my top 5 movies of last year.

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-11 07:10 PM
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2. A tragi-comedy
It begins very funny, then takes a serious turn towards then end.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-11 10:40 PM
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3. Saw it last night. Really, really good.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 12:02 PM
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4. Very, very, VERY darkly funny.
But beneath the humor is some trenchant social commentary. No one escapes it. Not government (here or in the UK), not muslims, no one. You should see it.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 02:07 PM
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5. DAMMIT!
I watched the trailer yesterday, and I've had a "Dancing in the Moonlight" earworm inside my head ever since.
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