Philip French 

Honeymooner – review

Col Spector's low-budget British comedy reminds Philip French of Jilted John. In a good way
  
  

Honeymooner film still
Gerard Kearns with Wunmi Mosaku in Col Spector's romantic comedy, Honeymooner. Photograph: Matthew Booy Photograph: Matthew Booy/PR

Part Marty, part Annie Hall, this low-budget movie about a sad, 25-year-old, Yorkshire singleton (Gerard Kearns) dumped in Kentish Town, north London, on the eve of his wedding is almost calculatedly ingenuous and not without its truthful moments.

It reminded me of Graham Fellows's 1978 novelty song celebrating self-pity, "Jilted John". Quite a pleasant memory.

 

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