Blackmail, deception and death. These three things are what make up the comedy Big Nothing. After discovering that a local reverend has been downloading kiddie porn off the internet, Gus (Simon Pegg) decides to blackmail him for $100,000. His co-worker, Charlie (David Schwimmer) and ex-girlfriend, Josie (Alice Eve) are brought into the plan, which unsurprisingly goes horribly wrong.
Simon Pegg appears to have struck gold again.....well, maybe not gold, but silver. Although not as good as Pegg's other films such as Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead or Run Fatboy Run, Big Nothing is nevertheless both entertaining and funny.
The humour of Big Nothing is of a very dark nature and some may not understand or like it. I did like the humour and I laughed many times throughout the film, however I felt that there weren't enough good jokes for the first quarter. Most people make the choice to keep on watching or switch the movie off during the first quarter and that's possibly not good for Big Nothing. But the jokes get better and better as it goes on.
Big Nothing has a lot of very humorous gore throughout. It works well for the tone of the film and can be both funny and make you say "Eeww!" at the same time. I was surprised to find myself laughing at a scene in which a woman gets an axe through her head, sits down and says "Well, I'll be. I haven't heard Pink Floyd in years." Now, I'm not really squeamish (I actually sat through the entire autopsy scene in Saw IV without getting uncomfortable) but I actually cringed at the part where a character cracks his head open on a toilet.
There's one thing that annoyed me about Big Nothing and that is Simon Pegg's American accent. Although he nails it, it's very strange to see him without his trademark English accent that we're so used to. Also, I don't really understand why the makers of Big Nothing felt that his character needed to be American.
Nevertheless, Big Nothing is a great, laugh-out-loud crime caper. I give it 8/10.
Simon Pegg appears to have struck gold again.....well, maybe not gold, but silver. Although not as good as Pegg's other films such as Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead or Run Fatboy Run, Big Nothing is nevertheless both entertaining and funny.
The humour of Big Nothing is of a very dark nature and some may not understand or like it. I did like the humour and I laughed many times throughout the film, however I felt that there weren't enough good jokes for the first quarter. Most people make the choice to keep on watching or switch the movie off during the first quarter and that's possibly not good for Big Nothing. But the jokes get better and better as it goes on.
Big Nothing has a lot of very humorous gore throughout. It works well for the tone of the film and can be both funny and make you say "Eeww!" at the same time. I was surprised to find myself laughing at a scene in which a woman gets an axe through her head, sits down and says "Well, I'll be. I haven't heard Pink Floyd in years." Now, I'm not really squeamish (I actually sat through the entire autopsy scene in Saw IV without getting uncomfortable) but I actually cringed at the part where a character cracks his head open on a toilet.
There's one thing that annoyed me about Big Nothing and that is Simon Pegg's American accent. Although he nails it, it's very strange to see him without his trademark English accent that we're so used to. Also, I don't really understand why the makers of Big Nothing felt that his character needed to be American.
Nevertheless, Big Nothing is a great, laugh-out-loud crime caper. I give it 8/10.