It's Forty Two!

Time for another movie review. Been a while since I did that last time. This time it’s not a new movie, but one I just discovered existed. The movie is from 2009 and is a Sci-Fi Comedy. I usually don’t find comedies very funny. Don’t know, maybe Hollywood potty or drunken humour isn’t quite my thing. This one is different though. Firstly, and probably most significantly, it is British. Most of the best comedies are, with very few exceptions.

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel is about three nerdy friends in a pub. The one guy played by Chris O’Dowd (from IT Crowd) is obsessed by time travel, and tells a story about a girl he just met who claimed to be a time agent. It’s all a bit silly really, and the guys don’t quite believe him. He doesn’t really believe the story himself it turns out. Then one of the guys needs to take a leak. When he comes back from the toilet, he has been sent forward in time. There is a time-rift in the men’s room! The story quickly gets confusing with several versions of themselves in the same pub trying to avoid running into each other. Some classic time-travel elements like a post-apocalyptic version of the city in snow-clad rubble is added to the mix, as well as evil time villains. It is all delightfully absurd, and there is just enough confusion for it to not be annoying.

Well worth watching if you’re looking for a laid back British comedy film.