I didn't know anything about this story but unfortunately Craig kinda spoiled it for me when he was recommending it. I'd love to have not known and felt the shock when the reality came out.
The story builds well to the reveal, with possible hints of what's to come ... like people saying he looked quite old, etc. Really liked the use of animation for some scenes ... and the background asides from characters in them - like 'Eh, whit?'.
The talking heads were consistently entertaining. It would have been good to have more teachers. The pupils all seemed very relaxed and at ease ... and then at the end we saw that the interviewer was actually one of the talking heads - so they obviously all knew each other. Especially of note was the bit about the stage play kiss and the woman insisting it was a quick peck ... then her seeing the home video footage of the big smooch(es). And the guy pointing out that the biology teacher was teaching sex education to a pupil that was actually older than her! Very funny.
Some of it could have done with better explanation, I think. Like ... why did he leave Dundee Uni claiming that his 'Gran' had died? Where did the rumour about getting put in jail in Tenerife come from?
Also, amazing that he's still knocking around Bearsden and still trying to get into medical school. Weird.
Also confused about why he was talking in the fake Canadian-esque accent when everyone knew he'd never even been to canada. Alan Cumming's acting the part and his lip-syncing was very good for the most part ... I only saw a handful of instances when I'd have liked him to have another go at it.
84/100.
The story builds well to the reveal, with possible hints of what's to come ... like people saying he looked quite old, etc. Really liked the use of animation for some scenes ... and the background asides from characters in them - like 'Eh, whit?'.
The talking heads were consistently entertaining. It would have been good to have more teachers. The pupils all seemed very relaxed and at ease ... and then at the end we saw that the interviewer was actually one of the talking heads - so they obviously all knew each other. Especially of note was the bit about the stage play kiss and the woman insisting it was a quick peck ... then her seeing the home video footage of the big smooch(es). And the guy pointing out that the biology teacher was teaching sex education to a pupil that was actually older than her! Very funny.
Some of it could have done with better explanation, I think. Like ... why did he leave Dundee Uni claiming that his 'Gran' had died? Where did the rumour about getting put in jail in Tenerife come from?
Also, amazing that he's still knocking around Bearsden and still trying to get into medical school. Weird.
Also confused about why he was talking in the fake Canadian-esque accent when everyone knew he'd never even been to canada. Alan Cumming's acting the part and his lip-syncing was very good for the most part ... I only saw a handful of instances when I'd have liked him to have another go at it.
84/100.