Sweet Revenge 1998

     Also titled The Revengers’ Comedies.  Henry Bell is very depressed because he has lost his job.  He goes to London’s Tower Bridge and he plans to jump off the bridge to commit suicide.  He sees Karen Knightly caught on the side of the bridge.  She was going to jump but she was left hanging over the side looking down at the water.  Henry rescues Karen and they go to her family’s large country home.  He meets Karen’s brother Oliver, housekeeper Winnie and apprentice housekeeper Norma.  Also living there are Anthony Staxton-Billing and his wife Imogen.  Karen dreams up a pact, she will kill Bruce Tick because he took Henry’s job and Henry will kill Anthony Staxton-Billing.  Karen was having an affair with Anthony but he went back to his wife Imogen.  Henry doesn’t want to go along with this plan but Karen starts her ball rolling by getting a job as Bruce’s secretary.

     This is a British comedy so everyone is an oddball and it includes the dry British wit and eccentricity.  It’s full of 'different' characters and you don’t know what’s going to happen next.  Karen is quite happy to dispatch Bruce Tick but Henry wants to remove himself from this plan.  3* (This movie is OK)  

     

86 min, Comedy directed by Malcolm Mowbray with Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan, John Wood, Liz Smith, Anita Dobson, Charlotte Coleman, Adrian Scarborough.

Note:  Imdb 6.2 out of 10, 60% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 21 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed at Tower Bridge, London; Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex; Weston Truvill, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.  Helena Bonham Carter and Rupert Graves also played sister and brother in A Room with a View of 1985.  There are several other films with the title Sweet Revenge.