The rest of the time, the film relies on bad wigs (sported by nearly every cast member) and references to cheap Yugo cars for laughs. (themoviereport.com)
The interior scenes are suffocating with their near - obsessive period detail — patterned wallpaper, nightmarish carpeting and painfully bad wigs for Julie Walters as Peter's warm - hearted mum and Stephen Graham as his grumpy brother. (theartsdesk.com)
The interior scenes are suffocating with their near - obsessive period detail — patterned wallpaper, nightmarish carpeting and painfully bad wigs for Julie Walters as Peter's warm - hearted mum and Stephen Graham as his grumpy brother.Too many scenes in the kitchen in Liverpool threaten to sink the film into kitchen sink realism; Walters overdoes the loveable tolerant mum act. (theartsdesk.com)