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Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:17

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.5/10

Rated: 15

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:09-10-2009

Synopsis: Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee is an improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk (Considine) has lived,... Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee is an improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk (Considine) has lived, loved and learned (?). Along the way he’s lost a girlfriend (Olivia Colman) and his life has turned to shit. But... he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming Nottingham rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee (playing himself). With Meadows’ fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk sets out to make Scor-zay-zee (and himself) a star... with a little help from the Arctic Monkeys. This low-budget rockumentary follows Le Donk and Scorz on their journey of a lifetime; it’s an unpredictable, irrepressible ode to spontaneous filmmaking – and to a burgeoning UK rap talent. [More]

Starring: Paddy Considine, Olivia Colman

Starring: Paddy Considine, Olivia Colman

Director: Shane Meadows

Director: Shane Meadows

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Think Spinal Rap. A likeable and sporadically funny film, it’s rather slight for a theatrical release.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
10/16/09
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

Considine is outrageously funny and never steps out of character, but the film hardly adds up to an evening's entertainment.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
10/16/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The film has about as much sense of structure as – well, as Thirst, but I laughed a fair bit.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
10/16/09
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Some British film-makers never give up and Shane Meadows is one of them. He’d make a movie of a custard pie if he could. And generally there’s entertainment to be had from even his most hand-to-mouth efforts.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
10/16/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

A monumental mockumentary from Brit cinema’s premier director/actor double act. True, daft, emotional, hilarious.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/09/09
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
Empire Magazine
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An endearing effort with enough heart to fill the gaps where the gags dry up or fall flat.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/09/09
Dave Calhoun
Dave Calhoun
Time Out
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Jaw-bustingly funny stuff, uproarious, delightful and unexpectedly touching, containing more laugh-out-loud moments than most Hollywood comedies twice the length.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/09/09
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Channel 4 Film
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Considine’s performance, for instance, is an enthralling piece of improvisation that carries the entire movie.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/09/09
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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The film is slight, but there's enough there for Meadows to create a plausible narrative arc with solid laughs along the way.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/09/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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A warm and improvised comedy that will appeal to anyone with a penchant for jokes about Beth Ditto.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
10/09/09
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph
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Largely improvised and inevitably a little rambling and loosely structured but there are some genuinely funny moments along the way.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
10/09/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

Shane Meadows's movies are always brimming full of originality and verve and Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee is arguably his most daring effort so far.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
10/09/09
Ben Rawson-Jones
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

A comedy miracle that is the mirthful match for any so-called fun-fest that has emerged from Hollywood this year.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
10/09/09
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies
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It may just be an extended short, but Meadows’ latest still crams in enough laughs to fill a comedy twice its size. Considine, meanwhile, brings his character to such exhilarating life you can’t tell where he ends and Donk begins.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
10/09/09
Total Film

The plot is threadbare and the style is knockabout, but the improvisation, especially that of Considine, lends it an energy and spirit that's hard to resist.

Full Review Source: Filmstar Magazine | comment Comment
10/09/09
James Mottram
James Mottram
Filmstar Magazine

It’s the dynamic between the crass, artless Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee, his quiet, overweight partner who’s capable of delivering brilliant raps, that wins here.

Full Review Source: Uncut Magazine [UK] | comment Comment
10/09/09
Michael Bonner
Michael Bonner
Uncut Magazine [UK]

Even with a short running time (71 mins) this scrappy, unendearing squib outstays its welcome.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/09/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee is a superbly directed, brilliantly acted mock-doc that's laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/09/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Considine reveals himself to be a fine comic actor here and, while the fly-on-the-wall format is no longer fresh, the emphasis on generating actual laughs, as well as pathos, is.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
10/09/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman
 
 
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