Friends lost, people alienated

Big long title for this movie. Yeah, mainly because of Simon Pegg (come on, when's the next team up with him and Edgar Wright?).

This was based on a book, which I'm slightly interested in seeing now, as what this movie was translated into is by and large another typical "fish out of water meets woman who loves him" story. On that level, meh.

Fortunately, lots of Pegg pratfalls and screw ups to keep the audience amused in the meantime. The antics are not the most original, but nicely handled.

Jeff Bridges is great in the role of the head honcho, and Gillian Anderson gets to be totally different. Kirsten Dunst tries out a new accent, and Megan Fox looks like just another pretty face (as in: I didn't recognise her as Megan Fox, but as "oh, yes, I've seen her before, can't remember which as she's not that distinctive"). Also spotted the IT Crowd and Agatha Christie.

An enjoyable enough movie, although not one to hit the big box office...

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