A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected arrival of one of the wife's old flames.
Acting
Rik Mayall and Imelda Staunton commit to the absurdity
Writing
Farce pacing that barely lets you breathe
Director
Nick Hurran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak '90s British TV-to-film energy, when sitcom stars dominated cinema with domestic dysfunction.
Nick Hurran made his feature debut here before directing actual hits like 'It's a Sin'—consider this his chaotic training wheels.
GB
