Movie night with Iris.

Relentlessly crude, harmless; but very dated a la 1970's British comedy. The main insight provided here is that festival-going is a mixture of mud, heaven, mud and hell.

I only have seen the Inbetweeners movies ... but it makes sense that this advertizes itself as something along that line. This is rude, foul language, immature funny and lots of other things that you might not really agree with. But there is still so much heart in it.

A movie that plays into or rather for people who love festivals. But even if you don't, you can have lots of fun with it. Some romance along the way and a lot of heartache too. And following your dreams .. no matter how much ... mud you have to get through.

My Mum filmed scenes as an extra for this film, unfortunately I could not spot her, but anyway, I always going to see this, because it looked like it could be lots of fun, from the makers of The Inbetweeners. Basically Nick (Joe Thomas) he has a colossal meltdown in front of the entire university when his girlfriend Caitlin (Hannah Tointon, Kara's sister) unceremoniously dumps him at their university graduation. He is convinced his life is over, but his best friend Shane Stubbs (Hammed Animashaun) has the perfect solution: three days at an epic music festival. Shane hopes he will meet his hero "DJ Hammerhead" and play his idol some of his own tunes. On the train, travelling with children's tickets ("it's so much cheaper"),they meet motor-mouthed Australian "festival aficionado" and certified oddball Amy (Claudia O'Doherty). Nick, Shane and Amy approach the festival after walking across the countryside, friendless Amy leaves them and keeps up her unflappably positive attitude to approach many strangers in the queue for the Portaloos or the paramedic's tent. Nick and Shane are unable to find a spot to pitch their tent, but eventually Gordy Symonds (Theo Barklem-Biggs) offers them a spot outside his glamping tent. They meet other festival goers including Pirate (Kurt Yaeger),who has a prosthetic leg, Lucy (Lizzy Connolly) and Rex (Hugh Coles),and Nick is surprised to see Caitlin is part of their group. While Shane is keen to embrace the music, the atmosphere and the mud, Nick sees this as an opportunity to try and get Caitlin back, but whatever he tries, the mayhem of the festival gets in his way and causes chaos for him. Then one night, Nick meets a Smurfette (Emma Rigby),a beautiful blonde painted blue and wearing the recognisable costume, she offers him a drug, MDMA, to loosen up, during his intoxication he parties through the night, and he and the Smurf have sex in a car. The next morning, Nick is appalled to find that the night before he got himself a nipple piercing, and a tattoo on his bum, but he is now on a mission to find the Smurf Girl. Shane and Amy meanwhile manage to get themselves a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet DJ Hammerhead (Noel Fielding),who seems odd but very friendly, and happy to hear some of Shane's self-made tracks. But then Amy offers him some of her "Chafney", a mysterious, nutrient-packed grey slop, but they are shocked that Hammerhead has a hideous allergic reaction to one of its ingredients, his head swells. The only solution is for Shane to wear Hammerhead's iconic shark mask to hide his identity and take over for his onstage gig in front of the thousands of screaming fans. Nick meanwhile does manage to find the Smurf Girl, but is downhearted when she rejects his offer to go out, so he decides to join Amy behind the scenes onstage while Shane is acting as Hammerhead. Shane does have the hammerhead shark mask removed, but he, Nick and Amy embrace the moment, and the crowd continue to enjoy their raving, in the end the friends reflect on what was a strange but highly enjoyable festival experience. Also starring Jemaine Clement as Robin, Nick Frost as Ricky the Tattooist, Chris Geere as Brother David, Marek Larwood as PC Larwood and Tony Way as Queasy Steve. This is essentially a spiritual sequel to The Inbetweeners, with Thomas being the awkward, Animashaun enjoying the music fun, and O'Doherty being laughably annoying, and with support from recognisable comic talents, it has exactly the same genius sense of humour, with wonderfully weird and gleefully gross-out jokes, and you can enjoy the vibe and satire of the Glastonbury like festival itself, an entertaining and funny British comedy. Very good!