My Family and Other Animals

 

My Family and Other Animals 2005

• Director: Sheree Folkson
• Seen by this director: Doctor Who, The Decoy Bride
• Based on book by Gerald Durrell
• Cast: Eugene Simon, Imelda Staunton, Matthew Goode, Russell Tovey
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Eugene Simon – Game of Thrones
• Imelda Staunton – Many
• Matthew Goode – The Guernsey Potato Peel etc, The Crown, Downton Abbey, The Imitation Game, Dancing on the Edge, Cemetery Junction, The Lookout, Copying Beethoven,
• Russell Tovey – Years and Years, The Night Manager, The Lady in the Van, Effie Gray, Pride, Tower Block, Being Human, Doctor Who
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 14 January 2025      

       The Durrell family leave the rainy gloom of London in the 30s and flee to sunny Corfu.

       It starts out whimsical and light-hearted to the point of being annoying. And continues thus. It’s actually unwatchable. I fast-forward it and am tempted to give it 0* but there are a few short glimpses of how good these actors can be as well as very short references to the coming war. So, reluctantly and generously 

2* of 5