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2006

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A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in Swaziland, as the country is set to .. Read more

Starring	Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult
Director	Richard E. Grant
Genres	Drama

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- Brilliant...extraordinarily moving and profound, yet full of humour
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  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  Wah Wah
  
  Actor Richard E Grant has attracted an excellent cast to his heavily autobiographical directorial debut but the end result is something of a mixed bag.
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  - 13 Aug 2006 at 12:23
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  A touch of nostalgia but a bit of a bore
  
  Apart from a smattering of nostalgia there was not much else to celebrate about this. The storyline is quite ordinary although a reasonable depiction of ... read more »
  
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- - Scottypete
  - 6 reviews
  - Wetherby
  - 14 Dec 2011 at 16:19
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  A charming yet unpredictable film
  
  This was a fun yet at times odd film
  
  I found it fun to watch and it's definitely worth a watch
  
  however it's nothing that blew me ... read more »
  
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  - Exeter, England
  - 21 Apr 2011 at 15:20
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  Wah-Wah 2006
  
  Having read the book of the making of this film by Richard E. Grant which I found quite enthralling, I was hugely disappointed when I watched it. The struggle ... read more »
  
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  - Worcester
  - 11 Mar 2011 at 11:59
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  Hardly a classic......
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Starring Gabriel Byrne and Nicholas Hoult as father and son living in the classically British colonial setting of Swaziland in the 1950s, this film directed by ... read more »
  
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  - Kent
  - 06 Sep 2010 at 17:35
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  If you like Richard E Grant, autobiogs or films from books
  
  I like all 3 so was not disappointed and particularly enjoyed hearing the cast playing Swazi people speaking Zulu! Lovely scenery and I am a fan of Richard E ... read more »
  
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- - silverways
  - 14 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 18 Aug 2010 at 12:19
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  wah wah
  
  i had no idea when watching this film what a brilliant movie it would be , highly recommend this to anyone, watch it , Nicholas Hoult is amazing!!
  
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  - herts
  - 06 Jun 2010 at 15:52
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  Well worth a watch Wah-Wah!
  
  Completely captivating from start to finish. Beautiful photography of the African landscape and a brilliant observation of the excesses of 1960's Colonial ... read more »
  
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  - plymouth
  - 21 May 2010 at 06:39
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  didn't get to the end...
  
  ...got bored half way through - repetitive story and unconvincing acting. Would have been even less interested if it hadn't been based on Richard E Grant&#... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 20 Feb 2010 at 18:10
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  Dull Dull more like
  
  It may have won the critic's plaudits but unfortunately I found this tale of a spolit 'kid' growing up in colonial Swaziland incredibly dull. The ... read more »
  
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- - Whipster
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  - Shropshire
  - 26 Jan 2010 at 12:31
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  Lovely!
  
  This is simply a superb film. It takes a little while to get going (our hero, Ralph, needs to go away to boarding school and suddenly age a few years before ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Aug 2009 at 13:51
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- - 38
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  Wah Wah
  
  Actor Richard E Grant has attracted an excellent cast to his heavily autobiographical directorial debut but the end result is something of a mixed bag.
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- 274621
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  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 13 Aug 2006 at 12:23
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  So surprised!
  
  When I chose to see this movie, I did not have any real expectations, other than a quiet night in. However this movie got my undivided attention quickly and I ... read more »
  
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  - East Sussex
  - 17 Dec 2006 at 01:32
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  once more with feeling
  
  Re-living your life in a book is one thing, but doing it on screen where actors play your own history before your very eyes, all shot in the very places the ... read more »
  
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- - michael wade
  - london
  - 28 Jan 2007 at 12:27
- - 8
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  poor
  
  I switched this off half way through. It was very dull and i would not recommend it.
  
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  - leeds, england
  - 31 Mar 2007 at 09:06
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  Swazi-tastic!
  
  Excellent directorial debut from Richard E. Grant; with a stella cast and the usual high standards of acting from Gabriel Byrne; Emily Watson, Miranda ... read more »
  
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- - Paul Jay
  - London, England
  - 23 May 2007 at 15:42
- - 5
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  ok
  
  This film was ok.
  
  The characters were a bit too upper class English but maybe that's how they were in South Africa then.
  
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- - deko
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  - Newtownabbey
  - 07 Aug 2008 at 21:30
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  enjoyable
  
  A film that didn't get rave reviews oon release but wll worth a watch.
  
  Some great actors and an enjoyable, at times funny and sad film. The boy ... read more »
  
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  - hay on wye
  - 15 Dec 2006 at 12:26
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  boooooring!
  
  AND I hate films about alchuholicks!.
  
  It would have been nice had the film given some insight into the mothers and fathers characters- instead of ... read more »
  
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- - lifeinboxes
  - 3 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 26 Mar 2008 at 04:19
- - 3
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  poor
  
  even for my love of julie walters, just couldnt get into this film. the kid is a spoiled brat and it was hard to see past that. didnt finish the film.
  
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  - 26 Apr 2007 at 19:29
- - 3
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  Enjoyable
  
  It's not exactly your usual block buster movie - no stunts or action to speak of. It follows the story of a boy growing up in Africa. It is sometimes sad, ... read more »
  
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  - Reading
  - 16 May 2007 at 14:07

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  A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in ...