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12 in a Box

12 in a Box (2009)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (3,129 ratings)

A group of spiteful former schoolmates attempt to spend 96 hours in the same sprawling country mansion in order to collection one million pounds each in Vol-Au-Vent director John McKenzie's dark Ealing-inspired farce. The rules are simple: remain cut off from the world in their benefactor's… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
John McKenzie
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 7, 2009 Limited
Cinevolve Studios

Critic Reviews

  • David Parkinson, Radio Times

    The farce is forced, the gags grate and the standard of playing varies wildly.

  • Allan Hunter, Daily Express

    An amateurish, painfully unfunny misfire.

  • Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

    A poorly made, badly acted, lazily written and painfully laugh-free attempt at a farce that's only getting a release to cash in on the presence of TV star Miranda Hart.

  • Philip French, Observer [UK]

    It's a clumsy affair with a running joke involving a man with a severe stammer that's about as funny as a running sore.

  • Mike McCahill, Guardian [UK]

    Refunds are inevitable.

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