Film review: The Inbetweeners 2
The cast – Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas and James Buckley – were all loudly insisting that the movie marked a final goodbye to the socially inept teenagers.
Then the film, which followed the lads as they left school and ventured on their first parent-free holiday, notched up the most successful opening weekend ever for a comedy film made in the UK.
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So naturally they’re now back promoting the sequel.
Expectations are sky high for this second feature-length excursion based on the E4 sitcom, which continues the sexual misadventures of socially inept schoolmates Will (Simon Bird), Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison) and Simon (Joe Thomas).
In the sequel, Jay has headed to Australia for a gap year, where he has enhanced his status as an incorrigible ladies’ man.
With the promise of more sex than they can handle, Will, Neil and Simon head down under to join their pal and the four misfits abroad attempt to impress the female of the species including Katie (Emily Berrington), Polly (Belinda Stewart-Wilson) and Lucy (Tamla Kari).
Needless to say, the lads’ ham-fisted chat-up lines and amorous overtures often lead to toe-curling hilarious humiliation.
Expect to laugh and wince equal measure.