Welp this was disappointing.
So a group of friends gather for Pete's birthday and ofc a comedy of errors ensues.
I like British humor/dark comedies, but I wish there was more to this. It has kind of an April Fools Day atmosphere, but it's done in such an unkind way.
I have to say his friends were not nice to him. There's joking and then there is being a jerk. I would've interpreted it the same way. Everyone's tone was far from sarcastic. And the jokes were mean spirited and traumatizing. If someone I knew pointed a gun at me, they wouldn't be in my life. Same with someone coming into the bathroom and destroying any sense of boundaries.
The hell is wrong with these folks?
The plot continues because Pete refuses to speak up right there and then.
Not to mention their off handed comments about how he is and ignoring what he says. Yes, he's def in his own head and not listening. But the lazy script has them say something pretty harsh and then just walk away and then act like they love him??
Pete is in full neurosis mode and you don't like him or anyone else at the end.
If there was better misdirection or even something along the lines of, he was hallucinating how they were speaking to him, something to believe his paranoia; I think the ending would've landed better. I mean a dude starts chasing you with An axe and then says, just kidding mate..uh I'm outta there.
Here we can already guess everyone is messing with him.
Pete reveals to have caused someone's sister to kill themselves and misinterpreted the usurper Harry's motivation.
To be perfectly clear, everyone was acting one way.
There's no chance anyone would think it was all a big joke. Especially with the roast they do at the end. It's not even classy, they just have the guy straight up says what they feel in once again an insensitive way. And they all get free passes mind you, Only Pete is the bad guy.
Sure he's selfish, but his friends act like he's not even a person, complete gaslighting the whole time.
There's one scene that put such a sour taste in my mouth. One of the lousy friends guilt trips about how one of the girls he used to date attempted suicide and the timing of him getting a new girlfriend may have had something to do with it; really messed up.
There's a way to do dark humor combined with unlikable people. You need to make them somewhat endearing. Use their flaws as a strength to make the story flow. Here it's just surface level.
It's like the Anti-Big chill. Needed a better script and structure. It all just kind of ends and we don't know if he still has friends or not; Probably not.
I find the cliche of friends turn out to be not friends worn out.
Fiancé still marries him after he throws a vase at Harry's head and inadvertently caused someone with disabilities to off themselves; real nice.
Wouldn't recommend.
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