10 Critically Abused Films That We All Loved Anyway (And Why)

Critic Score: 0%

User Score: 70%

Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke turned their popular sketch into a full feature for Kevin & Perry Go Large, a film that follows the two 15-year-old delinquents to the sunny shores of Ibiza.

After foiling a bank robbery (with a well-placed erection) and being rewarded with a large financial handshake, the pair decide to use the cash to head to somewhere the chances of losing their virginities are tenfold, though it won’t be easy with their eternally embarrassing parents tagging along.

What The Critics Said:

Variety reviewer Derek Elley called Ed Bye’s film a loutish Britcom that tops the record in erection and bodily function jokes, criticising the director for failing to realise that gross-out humour is only passingly funny at feature-film length when bereft of pacing, plot and character development. 

Many critics compared Go Large to a Farrelly Brothers film, with revolting, childish and ridiculous being three words that came up regularly in a stream of negative reviews.

Why We Loved It Anyway:

While revolting, childish and ridiculous may be accurate ways to describe both Go Large and the work of the Farrelly Brothers, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. 

The Farrellys have made a living peddling this particular brand of humour, and Go Large is actually a better film than most of their efforts, particularly this side of the millennium. Many Rotten Tomatoes Audiences Reviewers were baffled by this film’s 0% Critic Score, with some claiming that the thoroughly British humour was simply lost in translation.