Staggered (film)

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Staggered
File:Staggered - Film Poster (1994).jpg
Directed byMartin Clunes
Written byPaul Alexander
Simon Braithwaite
Produced byPhilippa Braithwaite
StarringMartin Clunes
Michael Praed
Sarah Winman
Anna Chancellor
CinematographySimon Kossoff
Edited byPeter Delfgou
Music byPeter Brewis
Production
company
Big Deal Pictures
Distributed byA Big Deal Productions
Release date
  • 8 July 1994 (1994-07-08)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£650,000[1]

Staggered is a 1994 British romantic comedy film starring and directed by Martin Clunes in his directorial debut. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Clunes), a bridegroom trying to get back to his intended bride after a stag night.

Plot

After his stag night, Neil Price wakes up naked on a remote Scottish island. The film follows his journey back towards his wedding, and the various characters and obstacles he encounters en route. It turns out that Neil's best friend Gary Bicknell spiked his drink and dumped him on the Isle of Barra[2] to enable him to make his own move on Hilary and her well-to-do family.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was Clunes' directorial debut. He said "I was asked, and it's not the sort of thing you say no to, really".[5] It was shot in Barra, Western Isles, Scotland, Kent, London, and Newcastle upon Tyne England in 42 days on 24 May and 5 July 1993.

Reception

Time Out said that the film was a "low-budget farce has a frustrating tendency to set up promising situations only to squander them" but that the project was "amusing and eventful, none the less".[6] The review in Variety had a similar take, although it singled out Chancellor's character, Carmen, as being the best in the film describing her as having "more dark currents than a buttered bun."[7]

See also

  • Dancing Queen (1993 film), a British short TV comedy film from the previous year (1993) which also follows the misfortune of a bridegroom trying to get back to his intended bride after a stag night, in which also Martin Clunes co-starred.

References

  1. ↑ "UK/US Production". Screen International. 15 October 1993. p. 25.
  2. ↑ "Staggered – Scotland the Movie Location Guide". www.scotlandthemovie.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Staggered (Mad Wedding) (1994)". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Staggered (1994)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Morrison, Alan (1 July 1994). "Bachelor Party". The List. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Staggered". Time Out London. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Elley, Derek (18 July 1994). "Staggered". variety.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

External links

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