
Flicks, Steve Newall
This sequel to the beloved TV show’s first move to the big screen bears many of the same hallmarks as its predecessor – an early “cinematic” sequence that the telly version could never pull off; the need for a stronger narrative to sustain feature length; and a balance struck between the show’s gentle style of humour with what a movie-going audience requires. But, as acknowledged in our review of the first Inbetweeners movie, the leap from TV to feature film comes with risks, and again they’re not negotiated entirely successfully.
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