How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Two heads are better than one, except when the other head is a vicious bastard. Richard E. Grant does what he does best: have a nervous breakdown in a very British way. The first half is comedy gold full of very quotable lines, but the second half not so much. The troubled wife’s party dress magically changing sides annoyed me.

3 pork pies, turnips and oven parts out of 5

Withnail & I (1987)

London. 1969. Depressing and dank. No one wants to do the dishes in the sink. Two out of work actors live in a den of booze and self-pity. They decide to get away to the country for a new perspective, but things are never that simple with Withnail. Both Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant give the best performances of their careers as the boozing no-hopers on the verge of a meltdown. Misery is funny when it’s someone else’s. Classic British cult comedy. I've known a Withnail in real life. Hateful guy.

4 prancing like a tit out of 5