Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
villintehadettakonto
After a spate of watching really bad romantic films (mostly cable stuff) I stumbled upon this little gem of its genre. Even though it follows the standardised romantic storyline of Couple-Obstacle-Obstacle Overcome, it was refreshing.Having dabbled in writing scripts for amateur theatre, the realisation that this film was mainly done by a small village made it even more memorable. I'll probably see it again at some point.I have a hard time understanding the low rate (at present 5.4). I would surmise it would have gained 6-7 points compared with other stuff out there.
Penelope Brewer
We screened this film recently at our little wooden village hall, having already seen it once last year. This community effort with mainly amateur actors, set in a gorgeous country house, in a pretty Oxfordshire village, was very well received. The story is deliberately slow, which is indicated by the title, with mostly quintessentially English characters and a nod to "The Go Between". While the audience are aware of the plot from the outset,the gentle comedy carried our audience along joyfully. This is not a film for viewers who want car crashes and gun fights. It celebrates the small pleasures in life: music, plants, love & constancy. Made on a small budget, it is refreshing to see such a charming result. The inhabitants of Kingston Bagpuize can rightly be very proud of their work.
M Zarkani
Well, the title of the movie kind of said it all ... I mean what would you expect from a movie called Tortoise in Love?! So, where do I begin my shredding? The acting perhaps?! To say that I've seen better acting in porn movies is an understatement. Tom Michelson, a little word of advice, pulling a surprised face for 84 minutes will not make you resemble as much as Hugh Grant's ugly little toe. Hideous acting to say the least! And I don't get all this hype about the story behind the movie and how it alone makes it a good movie. The story behind the movie is crap ... The acting of the people in the village is crap ... The actual storyline is crap ... Crap! Crap! Crap! I was coerced by my fiancé to tag along and do some work on my laptop while she watched the movie. I will tell you that, for 84 minutes I glared at the TV in absolute disbelief that in the year 2012 movies like that were still being produced. Waste of money! Waste of time! And an insult to an averagely IQed human being.
Clare Daly
Having heard the story about the making of the film (a community project)and the relative success I was full of anticipation and wanted to enjoy it. Sadly, while it starts well, by about ten minutes in it very much feels like a film made by two different groups of people professionals and amateurs.The settings and locations are great and make pleasant viewing, the cinematography is lovely and the sound track fitting, however the script is truly lame and the story paper thin with no character development even attempted. As a viewer I was left with the sense that the film had been built around a few key scenes / jokes which while mildly amusing simply aren't enough to carry an hour and a half, and that therefore the script writer was either too lazy or too arrogant to care.The two leads and the young boy all look good on screen and do a reasonable job with the terribly weak material and some clunking dialogue "your lips are a rocket and mine are the landing station" The rest of the acting is split and the experience/talent of the likes of Stephen Elder, Ivan Kaye, Lesley Staples and Mike Kemp only serves to accentuate the weaknesses of some of the other actors who display everything from just plain ineptness on screen to wild over acting, random gesticulation and weird accents.It's a film version of an am-dram performance and like am dram performances it's really only of interest if you are in it or know someone who is.
