The second big-screen outing for British TV comedians Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith (the first was the disastrous MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE), casts the duo from "Not the Nine O'Clock News" in a quintessentially English farce based on a novel by Tom Sharpe. Jones takes the title role, that
of polytechnic lecturer Henry Wilt. As his name suggests, he's an English weed just waiting to be trampled by anyone and everyone--by his domineering wife (Steadman), by her aggressive best friend (Quick), by his bosses and colleagues, even by his students. Steadman is a class-conscious, trendy
"new woman," into karate and karma; Jones, by contrast, is resolutely unfashionable and ...
Released:
1989
Rated:
NR
Length:
93 mins