LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
Keira Brennan
The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
O2D
This is definitely the most political this series has ever gotten.Even though they are well known for making fun of Thatcher and the right wing, they don't usually push it this much.It's typical Comic Strip silliness with an outrageous story line and an ending you never saw coming.Tony Blair has been charged with murder and he has to go on the run.While trying to find a friend to hide him(which turns out to be quite difficult), he ends up killing a bunch of other people(which is very similar to the Gino episode).Instead of portraying George W. Bush as a moron, Peter Richardson turns him into Robert Deniro in Goodfellas and it's extremely funny.But the rest of the story isn't as good.This is just an average episode.
anthonyjlangford
The Hunt, despite a couple of pro Blair supporters reviewing, is full of laughs, clever satire and ridiculous over the top insanity that we've come to expect from the Comic Strip and why would we have it any other way. The production is slick, cleverly done in the noir style, with homage to many films. Politics aside, it stands on its own as a fast paced entertaining comedy with great cameos by the usual suspects. Shut the fluck up, get on your knees and all pay homage to the great one, Tony the Fabricating Fugitive as he rivals James Bond as Steve McQueen in the Great Escapade with Thatcher as the Iron Fence that Blair must mount. God forbid he deserves that Sainthood. Kudo's to Peter Richardson and the team for pulling off one of their better productions since their eighties heyday. RIP Rik.
freya-pickard
Anyone who didn't find this film funny obviously has a sense of humour failure or is still in love with Blair the liar. If you don't get satire, don't bother watching it, you won't get it. However, if you loathe politicians and love 50s style films, this is one for you. Brilliant writing and acting, beautifully shot and really, Blair etc deserve everything this film throws at them. Really looking forward to the DVD coming out as this is one film I could re-watch, over and over and never get tired of it. 10/10 for laughter and irony and well done Stephen Mangan for being utterly despicable as the main character! More please from Comic Strip!
NitrousMcBread
Unutterably unfunny. Such a shame as this was a brilliantly-shot film with excellent work from the actors and actresses. All blame lies with the writers, who have failed on just about every level to produce anything worth watching. Not one laugh for the whole running time, and a script which jumps from style to style (Ealing comedy, attempted political satire, various pastiches of old films, etc.) without ever finding its bearings. This was a Comic Strip presentation - amazing to think this was the bunch who revolutionised comedy in the 80s. Everything in this film points towards the need for a new wave of comedians to come along and sweep this tired, uninspired, bloated cack away for good. Looking for jokes in "The Hunt For Tony Blair" produced less results than the hunt for Iraqi WMDs.