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The Revengers' Comedies | 
 enlarge | Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Actors: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes
Category: Video
List Price: CDN$ 18.24
Buy Used: CDN$ 14.95
You Save: CDN$ 3.29 (18%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Format: Import, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 786936145496
EAN: 0786936145496
ASIN: B000056MO9
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: February 13, 2001
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
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From Amazon.com
As Henry Bell (Sam Neill from Jurassic Park and The Piano) is preparing to throw himself off the Tower Bridge in London, he hears cries of help, which lead him to Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter, Fight Club, Howard's End), who has just thrown herself off of the bridge and gotten her belt caught on a protuberance. In short time they're telling each other what led them to take this drastic step, how they'd each like to kill a certain person who has made each of their lives miserable. Karen hatches a plan: They'll each take on the other's act of revenge. Henry's not so sure about this, but when he wakes up the following morning Karen's plans are already underway. She's fiercely determined that he keep up his end of the bargain and ruin the life of Imogen (Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient, Four Weddings and a Funeral). Unfortunately, Henry falls in love with Imogen instead, leaving Karen with no choice but to enact revenge on Henry as well. Adapted from a play by Alan Ayckbourn, Sweet Revenge is blessed with sweet and funny performances by the three leads (who seem delighted by the opportunity to be frivolous), as well as capable work from a supporting cast of British character actors. --Bret Fetzer
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 Perfect!!! June 2, 2003
Sarah Thomas (Hertfordshire United Kingdom)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved every second of this film. I can't imagine how anyone could not like it. It's funny, full of talented actors esp Sam Neill. Thoroughly entertaining!! A great buy.
Very amusing, good cast September 20, 2001
Jacklope (TTEEEdawt)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Helena Bonham Carter and Sam Neill star as Karen and Henry (Henry Bell!), two slightly suicidal kooks who set up a game to get revenge on each other's enemy. Karen Knightly is a crazy aristocrat who has a bit of an obsession with games, Henry Bell a recently fired loser of a dude. You'll laugh, I promise. But only if you enjoy British humour. If you think the English are just a bunch of silly gits (and you shouldn't!) then skip it.
 BONHAM CARTER & NEILL???? June 27, 2001
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a true waste of talent! Talk about horrible flicks, this is a prime example! The only reason why I even BOTHERED to finish watching this film is because of the excellent acting of Bonham Carter and Neill. A complete no brainer comedy about the extremes in revenge. Good sleeping pill.
What A Difference A 1st Class Playwright Can Make April 29, 2001
carol irvin (chesterland, OH United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used to go to the theater frequently and one playwright I came to adore was Alan Ayckbourn from the UK. He was to comedic plays what playwrights David Mamet and Sam Shepherd were to dramatic ones. Ayckbourn's gift is to hit dead on the essential underpinnings of the British middle and upper classes and set them up for laughter amidst a rollicking good story line. I was absolutely astounded to discover how good Helena Bonham-Carter is doing comedic material. When I first put the disk on the player, hubby saw she was in it and groaned, being convinced she plays nothing other than sullen witches. He was even more astounded than I was by the utterly transformed Bonham-Carter. The basic premise of the comedy is simple. Bonham-Carter will get revenge on Neill's competitor who stole his job. In exchange, Neill will wreck revenge upon the wife of Bonham-Carter's former lover. This leads to one hilarious scene after another with the high point being a duel in the woods, with shotguns, between Neill and the former lover. Only Ayckbourn could come up with 2 Brits using shotguns instead of dueling pistols in the name of honor and make it gently humorous instead of outright Monty Python zaney. If you have never seen an Ayckbourn play or film before, you are in for a treat. Ayckbourn becomes an acquired taste along the way that no other playwright fills quite as well in his little niche British world.
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