Getting It Right

Long before THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN took the silver screen by storm there was Gavin Lamb. Portrayed by Jesse Birdsall the virgin in question happens to be only 31 and it is he who is trying to "get it right". This offering comes to us from the director of GREASE, Randal Kleiser, and how he managed to get this film so wrong is beyond me. Helena Bonham Carter shows up and is an absolute wing nut, which of course means I fall in love with her character in a second. Lamb on the other hand, anyone who can turn down an offer from Bonham Carter for "a freindly little screw" is an absolute ponce in my books and will receive no sympathy from me. Wrongly billed as a romantic comedy (it's about as funny as an autopsy) GETTING IT RIGHT plays out like an extended episode of THE EASTENDERS on some serious downers. A fine cast including Peter Cook, John Gielgud and Lynn Redgrave are all but wasted here and Jane Horrocks, who gained great fame from the ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS series may as well have stayed home. There are some great bits ivolving Lamb's parents acted by Pat Heywood and Bryan Pringle but it simply is not enough to justify the tow hours this will waste of your life. Hell, even the brief nude scene of Helena's isn't enough!