Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)

Memorable, crazy movie

just watch it!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This is a very low budget, strange rather surreal and off the wall but a surprisingly watchable film.Bulla portrayed Ricky Grover who as well as starring in it, directed it, co wrote it and produced it. I think he might even did the catering and sweeping up at the end of the shoot each day.Bulla plays a gypsy gangster just released from prison after a bent cop put him behind bars. After his release he is being followed by a television documentary crew and his Aunty is about to lose her pub whilst being possessed by ghosts and his local boxing club has heard the final bell.Bulla is trying to to climb back to the top of the heap but the world has changed a lot since he has been inside.Grover probably called in a few favours from friends when he did his stint in Eastenders and other shows he was also aided by the hit TV show, Big Fat Gypsy wedding hence the punning title.Its a mixed bag, rather Marmite, some people will hate this film, and its low budget limitations are plain to see but its reach has to be admired. Grover puts everything in his performance as the hyper Bulla and there are some nifty performances from Rufus Hound, Omid Djalili and especially Steven Berkoff as the Eastern mystic. It is funny, violent, weird but worth a watch.

The second worst Britsh movie I have ever seen - which is going some as the modern Brit movie crowd only deal in cliché when it comes to the flicks. You even get a bunch of smug posh people lurching round big old houses or a gang of awful 'villains' with cameos from plastic gangsters and soccer players.For some reason most Brit movies feel like they have been made up by a bunch of self satisfied tits talking utter bs in some rich fool's over sized kitchen after a night out drinking Vodka Gimlets in Soho and snorting poorly washed cocaine.Oh...wait a minute.Propa Norty Geezahs. -10.

I watched this film with my girlfriend last night we couldn't stop laughing all the way through, even now we keep going over some of the funny scenes and characters in the film. I think we are going to have to watch it again because there is so much content it's hard to take it in all in one go. The main character Bulla is hilarious, he is a psycho but a very likable one, you can't help but feel sorry for him, the whole story is ridiculous but very funny. Peter Capaldi is brilliant as his unhinged therapist, and Laila Morse from Eastenders lets herself go as Bulla's lunatic aunt. It's about time more films were made to be laugh out loud funny and enjoyable like this one, rather than trying to be too clever and barely getting a snigger. Well done, more like this please!

British comedy is accepted throughout the world as the best because it doesn't treat the viewer like an idiot. While idiots may not get it the rest of us will find this a hilarious comedy. I love watching comedies like this where you are not constantly being told when to laugh by the movie company. There are moments in this film when you will be rolling on the floor with laughter (idiots excluded). And all this on a budget of only £1.3m is to be applauded. When you compare it to bigger budget productions that were not even as close to being this funny it does make you wonder why they bother? I know, the answer is money. Big actors draw big crowds. But seriously, if you can just forget about all that and enjoy a movie then pick this one. Great acting, great lines. You will laugh (idiots excluded).