A rambling concoction of sketches around
the obvious theme of golf. The cast try very hard to bring out the
humour in the prose of P.G. Wodehouse, but the story lines are
just too lightweight to appeal.
All manner of characters are portrayed.
The strongest and most comic characters are Mortimer, one of the
many upper class twits on display, and Mary/Mabel, who turns out
to be the love of his life. On the other hand, the sketches
centred around some medieval king with a strange Sean Connery
accent, with the exception of the first sketch, didn't really
connect with the rest of the action.
This adaptation is too long to be
absorbing and a shorter sharper version might have worked
better. It is a pity a group of talented performers are let down
by an unconvincing script. Even the intentional exaggeration
and over-acting cannot bring life to lines which are really dated.
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