Okay, I was excited to see this film. See when I first moved out to LA one of the first writer events I went to had this woman (producer, manager? I can't remember) talking about this one script she recently sold about these guys who stole viagra thinking it was a bunch of pills, but then it was really this giant block worth millions, so they store it in the town's water supply while they figure out what to do. Funny, right? And the guy was a nobody writer and BOOM! his first sale for six digits. So when I saw the loglien for this film I had to see it.
The story: Four guys in a small, dying town in Great Britian steal viagra thinking it is a bunch of pills, but then it was really this giant block worth millions, so they store it in the town's water supply while they figure out what to do.
Was it good?
Not good. Not horrible, but it just wasn't much of anything. Maybe the humor is just too British (humour?) and isn't translating, but there wasn't much here I found funny. The biginning is how bad their lives are -- which is fine as set up for the robbery, but I didn't find any of it interesting or funny, and then with the actual stealing it was okay, but the part where things should kick into high gear -- dumping the viagra in the town well -- actually doesn't come into play until late and aside from quick round of wild monkey love, it doesn't really play into anything more. They easily could have removed that element from the movie, which is a shame because it's one of the funniest concepts and it was totally underutilized.
*** NOT RECOMMENDED (but not horrible) ***
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