Wednesday, 23 December 2015

The daddy of Norfolk radio returns

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)

Directed by Declan Lowney this film based on the television series of the title character stars Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney and Felicity Montagu. A small time local radio host with an ego and aspirations beyond his station finds himself the centre of a hostage crisis.

Taking a television character to the big screen is not easy but it works well here and the film is amusing through out. The story has a few digs at the direction of modern radio while providing plenty of laughs and cringes at the protagonist. While the end result is not very “cinematic” it does work in a longer version.


4/5

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