A good movie

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Steve Coogan, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I have to admit that I wasn't really familiar with Alan Partridge, I think this character is probably famous only in the UK, but I was still able to enjoy the damned thing nonetheless. Indeed, it was really neat to see Coogan playing the lead for once and the guy was really entertaining playing Partridge, a character he has been playing apparently for many years. The rest of the cast was not bad but they were usually reduced to some one-note jokes. Concerning the story itself, well, it is always tricky to expand a popular character from 30 minutes sketches to a full length feature format and, in this case, they got away with it but only barely, to be honest. Indeed, the whole hostage situation was just rather silly, only slightly entertaining and the only reason why they stretched it for so long was so they could reach 90 mins of a running time. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing really amazing, it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like Steve Coogan's work.

7/10