Consuming Passions

Based on a stage piece by Monty Python members Palin and Jones, and performed by a strong cast of British actors, CONSUMING PASSIONS should have been a much better film. Unfortunately the screenplay, cowritten by Zimmerman (KING OF COMEDY) and Davies, is very weak, and the direction by first-timer Foster is deadeningly dull. A black comedy attacking rampant capitalism, the film follows young "junior management trainee" Butterworth as he arrives for his first day on the job at Chumley's Chocolate Factory. It's a big day for Burtterworth, who has absolutely no self-confidence and is totally inept at everything he tries. As for Chumley's, it's been taken over by a gia...