Thursday 19 May 2011

Your Highness (2011) 7/10

Starring : Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Charles Dance
Director : David Gordon Green
Running Time : 106 mins

Prince Fabious (Franco) is horrified when his fiancée Belladonna (Deschanel) is kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Theroux), who plans to fulfil an ancient prophesy that will result in the destruction of their kingdom. So Fabious heads out on a rescue mission to save the princess, with his lazy brother Thadeous (McBride) forced to help by their father the king (Dance).

Despite having read some pretty terrible reviews, this actually wasn’t so bad. The characters were ridiculously over the top, but what do you expect in a gross-out comedy. The plot itself was ridiculous – a prophesy where a virgin gives birth to a killer serpent? – and the nudity was gratuitous, but overall this was a reasonable comedy that you could happily watch on a Sunday night.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Princess Bride



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