Advantages: Suspense built well in parts, a bit funny at times. Disadvantages: Poor script, very flat film on the whole, lacks overall energy and excitement.
From director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton), 'The Cottage' is a comedy horror film which originally achieved a UK cinematic release in March 2008. This dark British film stars Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, and Jennifer Ellison.
Brothers David and Peter come up with a master plan in order to bag a large sum of cash between them. The plan is that they'll kidnap the daughter of a big time gangster, hold her hostage, and demand £100,000 ransom. It all seems so simple, it doesn't quite go according to plan however and before long everything starts to go wrong for the two brothers. As the £100,000 looks increasingly less likely to become theirs, things go from bad to worse and the brothers, along with their hostage Tracey find themselves to be in a very sticky situation indeed. This bungled kidnapping gets incredibly messy as ...
RazzaLazza 14.11.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Cottage
Advantages: Some funny parts, alot of gore. Disadvantages: Jennifer Ellisons accent.
This review contains some spoilers.
Introduction
Maybe you haven't heard of 'The Cottage', it hasn't had a major release anywhere across the world (including the U.S.), but I watched it close to the release date of the 14th of March. On leaving the cinema I couldn't decide on which way my opinions were going; did l like it, or didn't I? Hopefully this review will help me to decide. Firstly, it is a fairly low budget film; and I can only describe it a horror comedy. Filmed mainly on the Isle of Man and Yorkshire, you can imagine the kind of scenes this film has.
Plot
Two brothers think up an ingenious plan get rich quick, they kidnap a crime lord's daughter and hold her ransom in a remote cottage. From the beginning it's a disaster, the kidnap turns into a botch job as the amateurs make mistake after mistake. Upon entering ...
Advantages: Tasty Strawberry flavour, Only 1g fast per cake Disadvantages: Lack of flavour, Quite tasteless
***JAFFA CAKES STRAWBERRY FLAVOUR***
Everyone knows that Jaffa Cakes are yummy cakes with a tangy, jelly orange flavoured centre which is then covered in delicious dark chocolate. Anyone who has had Jaffa cakes will know how addictive they can be and how more-ish they are.
McVities have introduced limited edition Strawberry flavoured Jaffa cakes which are available to buy in single packs (12cakes) or a double pack which contains 24 cakes.
These Jaffa cakes come in a red box which also has a bit of blue on them as well. They have the same writing as on a normal box of Jaffa cakes and they have the same fat content as well which is only 1g fat per cake. On the box you will find weird and wonderful facts about strawberries.
I?m not sure how much longer these will be available to buy as they were bought out for the summer ...
