Bill

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Rose D @RT32523899 05/18/2025 Very artfully and carefully written by people that have immense talent and intellect, but fills a niche that doesn't quite land. Throughout, it's about 25% too far in it's own comfort zone: the peril needs to be more perilous, the baddies need to be badder etc. It's so keen to not take itself too seriously, it stops the audience from doing so as well. I wanna see Ben Willbond play truly and sincerely bad, not a charming sweetheart who's pretending to be mean. See more David N @Nolan305 02/25/2024 Enjoyable family fun with the cast of Horrible Histories/Ghosts. The humour is along the same lines with some Monty Python undertones. A few laugh out loud parts but mainly smiles and chuckles along the way. See more 08/06/2022 Improves as it moves along. Ends up "feeling good." See more 09/11/2021 --ABSOLUTE AND UTTER BILGE--PROBABLY THE LEAST HUMOUROUS COMEDY(??) IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA-- See more 06/21/2021 Not the best movie but the six idiots made me laugh all the same See more Ethan T @RT27166968 05/28/2021 Bill departs from Horrible Histories in several ways, despite the persistence of the comedic tone and the same core cast that lit up several seasons of the show. The most clear difference is that while Horrible Histories moved from period to period and sketch to sketch, this persists with the same setting for almost 90 minutes. The material, then, needs to be better for feature length as the luxuries of being able to quickly and easily move on from a dud must disappear. Unfortunately, Bill never inspires the raucous laughs of the best HH sketches. Its reliance on drama constantly falls flat, and while there are decent instances of slapstick, wordplay, and clever gags, one feels that the film could certainly have implanted more. Baynton as Shakespeare is a woeful main character devoid of humour and set on a predictable journey that never ranks among the story's strengths. The subplot involving the assassination attempt on Elizabeth I (played by the recently departed Helen McCrory) is more interesting. All in all, the funny parts are too sparse and mostly unoriginal to galvanise much excitement, and the random moments of drama not effective in creating a well-rounded experience. I would recommend sticking to the show, or leaving this to the kids if the show also has not aged well in my estimation. See more Read all reviews

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