The Revengers' Comedies

Based on the play by Alan Ayckbourn, whose brand of knockabout farce works better onstage than onscreen, this film quickly bogs down despite the best efforts of a spirited cast. After hearing cries for help, milquetoast Henry Bell (Sam Neil) postpones his own suicide to aid another potential bridge jumper, Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter). Karen is in despair because her married lover, Antony Staxton Billing (Martin Clunes), had the audacity to return to his wife Imogen (Kristine Scott Thomas). Henry reveals that not was he dumped by his wife, but that his boss replaced him with a back-stabber named Bruce Tick (Steve Coogan). Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's STRAN...