Sex Lives Of The Potato Men Details

This thoroughly British “smutfest” might be the direct descendant of those ghastly old Confessions films — only with far dirtier language than was allowed in the 1970s. The title more or less tells the whole story, as Johnny Vegas and Mackenzie Crook (Gareth from The Office) play Brummie potato deliverers whose amorous adventures could be summed up as soft-paw corn “comedy”. Writer/director Andy Humphries's film is less a coherent whole than a loosely connected series of sketches. One or two of these are funny, but most are not. The cast includes another Office alumnus, Lucy Davis, and Mark Gatiss from The League of Gentlemen, but sadly none of the lustre of these TV comedy gems has rubbed off on this unambitious, but mercifully short film.

The most critically reviled British comedy of modern times may be an accurate reflection of the life many live today, but it's a coarse, unlovely thing for all that, with few jokes and a sniggering attitude to sex.