5 Great British & Irish Comedy Films You Probably Missed
Underappreciated and overlooked comedy films from Britain and Ireland.
British and Irish comedy films such The Lavender Hill Mob In Bruges and anything from Monty Python, will always stand the test time.
Future classics as above are hard to come by, but there have been a number in recent years which are yet to achieve critical acclaim or are only vaguely or not at all familiar.
From satirical war movies with puppets to hilarious slashers, here a five such films, that you may have missed and that are well worth a watch.
5. Jackboots On Whitehall
The American's and South Park creator's Matt Stone and Trey Parker are not the only ones to have a crack at the puppet movie genre.
Six years after Team America: World Police graced our screens, the McHenry Brothers presented us with the second, alternative history film on this list, Jackboots on White.
Ewan McGregor voices Chris, a farmer from Kent with abnormally large hands, who aids in the fight to help defend Britain from the invading Nazis.
This less crude and lower budgeted satire features a stellar voice cast including Rosamund Pike, Stephen Merchant, Richard E Grant, Alan Cumming, Dominic West, Richard O'Brien and Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill.
Despite bombing at the box office and mixed reviews, The brother's animated action attempt isn't without its fun and quotable moments, "Sausage-eating w*****s" from Grant's Vicar springs to mind. There is a heartfelt rendition of Jerusalem at Hadrian's Wall and Alan Cumming, not only doubling as the film's antagonist, gives a glorious performance as the infamous Highland hero, exibiting a flawless Australian-Scottish accent.