Fackham Hall
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SpeedBash

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2,774 posts

217 months

Thursday 30th October 2025
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Wikipedia said:
Fackham Hall is an upcoming period comedy parody film directed by Jim O'Hanlon. It stars Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Lizzie Hopley, Emma Laird, Damian Lewis and Tom Felton.[1] It is written by comedian Jimmy Carr in his screenwriting feature debut with Patrick Carr and The Dawson Brothers.
Official Trailer




InformationSuperHighway

7,572 posts

214 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Love Jimmy Carr…. But this looks really not very good.

Also.. why do they put all of the gags and action in the trailer? Feel like I don’t need to go and see it now

C5_Steve

8,969 posts

133 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Jimmy Carr is one of the writers, heard him talking about this on a Podcast. Looks interesting but I agree I'm a bit worried the funniest bits are in the trailer. Carr's not short of writing good gags though so hopefully it'll be full of them. He described it as Airplane meets Downton when he spoke about it so I'll give it a go!

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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InformationSuperHighway said:
But this looks really not very good.
It looks absolutely appaling, if it was on Netflix I wouldn't bother watching it.

Furbo

4,081 posts

62 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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SpeedBash said:
I don't ever go to the cinema, in case there are common people. But I might make an exception for that.

Furbo

4,081 posts

62 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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InformationSuperHighway said:
Love Jimmy Carr . But this looks really not very good.

Also.. why do they put all of the gags and action in the trailer? Feel like I don t need to go and see it now
I am going to stick my neck right out here: The answer is "to make you want to go and see it".

You never know, there may be some other anctiony and funny bits.

juice

9,894 posts

312 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Probably in the minority, but I really want to watch that !


LM240

5,733 posts

248 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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juice said:
Probably in the minority, but I really want to watch that !
Same here.

It’s quite clearly meant to be very daft, but if it is well written and clever it could be entertaining.

durbster

12,101 posts

252 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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The trailer probably does have all the best jokes (they always do that now), but I laughed so I'm on-board. I do like a bit of silliness.

MrOnTheRopes

1,672 posts

276 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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I'm sure It'll be non stop gags both visual and audio. Like the TV show A Touch of Cloth, it'll need multiple viewings to spot everything.
I've seen this trailer a few times and didn't spot the bicycle stand until about the 3rd biglaugh

boyse7en

8,190 posts

195 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Not sure I'd pay to go see it at the cinema, but I'd definitely watch it on Netflix/Prime/Whatever.
The trailer made me laugh a few times, which isn't a bad ratio for a two minute trailer

DavieW

953 posts

138 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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SpeedBash said:
Theaters?

Furbo

4,081 posts

62 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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DavieW said:
SpeedBash said:
Theaters?
It's being launched in the US, where they cannot spell.

DavieW

953 posts

138 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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I would need to forget Jimmy Carr had anything to do with it before I watched it.

frisbee

5,612 posts

140 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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DavieW said:
I would need to forget Jimmy Carr had anything to do with it before I watched it.
How about a few hours of Jimmy Carr being punched in the face?

DavieW

953 posts

138 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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frisbee said:
DavieW said:
I would need to forget Jimmy Carr had anything to do with it before I watched it.
How about a few hours of Jimmy Carr being punched in the face?
I'd watch that laugh

Active75

246 posts

194 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Reminds me of the movie Gosford Park (2001)

Lots of "above" and "below " stairs dark comedy. with Dame Helen Mirren Alan Bates Michael Gambon amongst others

Wiki-
The film, which is influenced by Jean Renoir's French classic The Rules of the Game, follows a party of wealthy Britons plus an American producer, and their servants, who gather for a shooting weekend at Gosford Park, an English country house. A murder occurs after a dinner party, and the film goes on to present the subsequent investigation from the servants' and guests' perspectives.

The Gauge

7,471 posts

43 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Active75 said:
Reminds me of the movie Gosford Park (2001)
Quite a good film too. I like how the head of the house (Gambon) would get maids pregnant, but he would then ether fire them or make them hand the babies over to an orphanage, which apparently did happened a lot.

Pixel Pusher

10,416 posts

189 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Fackham Hall?

Wear the fox hat?


InformationSuperHighway

7,572 posts

214 months

Friday 31st October 2025
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Furbo said:
InformationSuperHighway said:
Love Jimmy Carr . But this looks really not very good.

Also.. why do they put all of the gags and action in the trailer? Feel like I don t need to go and see it now
I am going to stick my neck right out here: The answer is "to make you want to go and see it".
Well really it's done the opposite, so much was packed in.. I feel like I've seen it already.

I'll watch it when it comes to a streaming service I'm already paying for I think.