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Summary A dashing English con man's scheme to marry into a prominent East Coast family is threatened by the arrival of his unhinged, ne'er-do-well brother on the eve of his wedding to the daughter of a U.S. senator. Feature directorial debut for Jason Mann, the winner of the fourth season of HBO's "Project Greenlight."
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The Leisure Class
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 2, 2015
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Summary A dashing English con man's scheme to marry into a prominent East Coast family is threatened by the arrival of his unhinged, ne'er-do-well brother on the eve of his wedding to the daughter of a U.S. senator. Feature directorial debut for Jason Mann, the winner of the fourth season of HBO's "Project Greenlight."
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
25
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
71% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
I, meanwhile, found myself moved by the final shot...but otherwise underwhelmed.
The characters are barely sketched in at all, the pacing is wildly off--it's an 85-minute movie that feels like it lasts forever, even as it doesn't have enough time to properly service any important parts of the story--and the only sparks of life come whenever Weeks and Tom Bell (star and co-writer of the original "Leisure Class" short, and a former co-star of Weeks' on British television), as Weeks' less polished criminal brother, are simply bantering, and we know from the show that almost all of that was improvised.
It is difficult to separate The Leisure Class from "Project Greenlight," and that’s probably to the film’s benefit, since it can’t stand up on its own. It’s a farce that’s not particularly farcical, a dark comedy with little humor, a screwball caper that wants to suggest great films of yesteryear without giving its own plotting and details the attention they need to work in that style. Everything feels undercooked.
Having initially set out to make a comedy, the producers bowed to Mann’s darker vision, yielding something closer to a satire. But the targets aren’t particularly distinctive, and the notion of the entire narrative unfolding over a 24-hour period, as executed, makes for a rather blunt, heavy-handed approach.
The Leisure Class is every bit as pinched and humorless its director.... It’s a piece of predictable hackwork.
There’s little reason to waste 85 minutes watching Jason Mann’s The Leisure Class, a tonally troubled and reprehensibly dull movie.
[Bruce Davison's] climactic, drunken interrogation of William and Leonard is an especially mean-spirited sequence that nonetheless gives this featherweight farce a much-needed kick in the pants. For a few minutes, a work of art that seemed utterly and completely pointless, in the best Project Greenlight tradition, suddenly feels vital and alive--even if it's still across-the-board rancid.
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Production Company:
- Adaptive Studios
- Duly Noted
- HBO Films
- Miramax
- Pearl Street Films
Initial Release Date: Nov 2, 2015
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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