THUNDERPANTS
Starring:
Bruce Cook, Rupert Grint, Simon Callow, Paul Giamatti and Ned Beatty
Screen writer/Director: Peter Hewitt
Running Time: 84 mins
Certificate: PG
Out to buy on DVD November 18th
Patrick Smash (Cook) was born with a problem but this was no ordinary problem. It made him a social outcast, an embracement to his family and his school and an object of ridicule for the school bully. Patrick problem was he had the most powerful flatulence in the world. His only friend was Alan A. Allen (Grint), the school nerd and self-proclaimed genius who just happens to have no sense of smell, but together they would be a partnership that would be unstoppable. Utilising Alan's talent for invention and Patrick's insatiable wind, the pair would change future of flight forever.
Capturing the spirit of UK comics like The Beano and Dandy, Thunderpants is filled with what has become a British institution, the fart gag and it is quite amusing with it.
Bruce Cook and Harry Potter's Rupert Grint have a good screen partnership and you really think they are friends both on an off screen. Grint, as he did with Potter, is proving himself to be an extremely good child actor and he grabs the attention in every scene he is in. Cook makes a good debut as the misunderstood Patrick and you really want his dreams to come true by the end of the movie. Support is also good from the British and American cast. Stephen Fry and Celia Imrie bring a touch class to their small supporting roles and Ned Beatty, Paul Giamatti and Simon Callow are suitably over-the-top in their performances.
Writer/Director Peter Hewitt has captured a very British spirit for the movie, giving is an early 1960s feel, when the world was gripped with the space-race and the quest for invention and adventure. The look of the film is also reminiscent of the British comic books it is trying to recreate, with it's over the top characters and its larger than life approach to the situations that Patrick finds himself in.
Unashamedly turning it's nose up any type of self-control, Thunderpants is a fun family film that has enough laughs for both kids and parents alike, just don't let the kids have beans after watching it.
Audio commentary from director Peter Hewitt, Deleted scenes, 'Going All The Way' music video, Storyboard and photo gallery, Theatrical trailer, Teaser trailer, Cast and crew interviews, Patrick Smash's video Diary, DVD-Rom content, Interactive menu & Scene access
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