Worth a one-night stand, but certainly not a trip down the aisle.
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06/03/06
Confetti (2006)
58 %
Reviews Counted: 73 Fresh: 42 Rotten:31 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus:
This sweetly humorous mockumentary takes the spirit of Spinal Tap -- if not the laughs -- and uses it to spoof the wedding industry.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: 05-05-2006
Synopsis: British actor Martin Freeman first came to the public's attention with his turn as the jaded and smitten Tim in Ricky Gervais's television mockumentary THE OFFICE. Freeman returns to the mockumentary format for CONFETTI, taking a leading role alongside a host of British actors, many of whom... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Stephen Mangan, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman
Reviews
...Offers plenty of sharp-eyed character humour and, crucially, develops each of its couples as credible relationships.
05/27/06
Top Critic
Confetti is both a curse and a blessing to those looking to Britain for comedy film; get on board with it and you'll have a riot but fail to pick up on the experimental nature of its humour and you'll likely be lost.
05/27/06
Top Critic
The premise may look like Four Weddings and Love Actually, but this film is really a Christopher Guest-style improvised mock-doc.
05/27/06
... feels like a television idea that hasn't really got the muscle to pull it on to the big screen.
05/27/06
There's a scattering of funny moments in Confetti, but they're dispersed over a wide area where not much really happens.
05/27/06
Top Critic
It's cheerfully daft enough to be good fun, and even if you won't be quoting it the next day, it'll keep you laughing from start to finish.
05/27/06
Top Critic
The characters are well-drawn and superbly acted by the ensemble cast - Webb and Coleman prove particularly good sports by spending almost the entire film naked (and not in a good way)
05/06/06
While the situations are pretty funny and the actors are committed, they're not ripe with hilarity.
03/22/07
... Confetti comes off more like a reality TV show, in which the participants just don't express their obsessive cluelessness as exquisitely as sharp writers can through trained actors.
12/30/06
Martin Freeman and Jessica Stevenson are unstoppably likeable. Confetti is a genuinely funny movie. Waiting for Guffman fans will love it.
10/07/06
Director Debbie Isitt’s improvised mockumentary is reminiscent of Christopher Guest’s movies but without the reservoir of comic invention [...] Still, there are nice moments and good performances [...]
10/04/06
Even if it's not quite an affair to remember all year, this BBC Films mockumentary about three wacky weddings is pleasant and enjoyably diverting...
09/30/06
Just when you think you've got Confetti completely pegged, it offers a surprise or two.
09/29/06
Confetti is the latest mockumentary to encounter the problem of reality, or reality TV, being more outrageous than the filmmaker's send-up.
09/28/06
Though it feels like it should be funnier, it is a smiley and amusing affair full of happy endings and goodwill.
09/26/06
Moderately amusing, but rather wan when compared to really inspired mockumentaries.
09/25/06
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