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It was not bad really. Unfortunately, it suffered a massive change in tone midway through. The transition in tone was so clumsily handled that it left me with a sort of mental whiplash. I was really enjoying the lighthearted parody, so I was simply unprepared for them to completely toss out what was working about the film and replace it with a conventional drama with hamfisted foreshadowing, telegraphed plot twists and a dull villain. WTF, mate? They had a perfectly good comedy here with understated darker shadows under the surface, why ruin it? It was like they decided midstream to call in a committee to write the second half in a completely different style. I got visions of llamas and sisters being bitten by moose ala Monty python in my head. This was a shame, because the first half was quite good.