Acts of Godfrey (2012)

9% of critics liked it
(11 reviews)
12% want to see it
(34 ratings)

As a group assembles for a two-day sales course called ' Win Only Win,' Godfrey sets the tone by informing us that we have no control over our lives and are merely his pawns. We are introduced to the hapless alarm salesman Vic Timms, whom Godfrey announces he will pair up with the gorgeous and… More As a group assembles for a two-day sales course called ' Win Only Win,' Godfrey sets the tone by informing us that we have no control over our lives and are merely his pawns. We are introduced to the hapless alarm salesman Vic Timms, whom Godfrey announces he will pair up with the gorgeous and predatory estate agent Mary MacDalen. As night falls and drink is consumed, Godfrey makes Mary strike a wager that she can seduce Vic and the young boy-band manager Jamie. The conference progresses, a web of connections between all the delegates is revealed and past actions crowd in on an increasingly suspenseful present. The next day howver, brings a truly terrible surprise, a moment of unalloyed joy and a final twist that is literally devilish...

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By: Johnny Daukes
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

Critic Reviews

Guy Lodge, Variety
A strained exercise in dramaturgical gimmickry that would be trying even as fringe theater.
Philip French, Observer [UK]
The dialogue is in rhyming couplets, an initially amusing device that rapidly becomes tiresome as the listener comes to anticipate the end of the next line, "vicars" inevitably being followed three seconds later by "knickers".
Tom Seymour, Little White Lies
It chose the wrong form, and we're hiding a yawn.
, This is London
Whoever first believed this film was a good idea must, I'm afraid, be severely spoken to - preferably not in verse.
Andrew Pulver, Guardian [UK]
Things only properly kick off in a frantic farce-like finale; by then the laboriousness of the plotting has taken its toll.
Allan Hunter, Daily Express
Souls are bared and old scores are settled, among a gallery of characters who could probably be bettered.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Not much is happening of any real interest. At least the sparky collection of characters helps overcome the film's corny tone.
Edward Lawrenson, Time Out
The results are slight but old-fashioned fun, Think less TS Eliot, more 'Carry On'.
Simon Crook, Empire Magazine
An audacious experiment that misses the mark by some distance.
Emma Dibdin, Total Film
The script's too busy being arch to give its characters anything to do but act as postmodern mouthpieces, a flaw which makes this unbearable.

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