SYNOPSICS
Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006) is a English movie. Ben Warwick,Trevor Nunn has directed this movie. Julie Walters,Victoria Wood,Celia Imrie,Duncan Preston are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Musical movie in India and around the world.
The plot revolves around the original (fictional) actors and actresses reprising their roles from the stage. However, contrary to their wishes, the experimental director adapts it into a gritty commentary on British suburban life, despite the fact that the cast (led by Bo Beaumont (Dame Julie Walters)) wants to just have a fun piece with a good tap number. After a disastrous open dress rehearsal, the cast hijacks the concept to return it to its original roots, and take it to the West End, funded by Bo Beaumont's lottery win. The second act is the musical within the musical, and is much more like the original series. Miss Babs (Celia Imrie) and Miss Berta (Sally Ann Triplett) run "Acorn Antiques", and are aided and amused by their friends and cleaner: Mrs. Overall (Walters) and Mr. Clifford (Duncan Preston). Soon, they discover a third sister, Bonnie (Josie Lawrence) who is initially scheming and devious (for instance, she fires Mrs. Overall, even after finding out she's her mother). ...
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Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006) Reviews
Absolutely hilarious!
Acorn Antiques The Musical is one of the most phenomenal and brilliantly entertaining things I've ever seen! It is outrageously funny with joke after joke and punchline after punchline thrown at you throughout the entire performance. It certainly keeps you on your toes and listening hard! It must have taken tremendous time and effort to pull everything together and the music and choreography are simply stunning. The storyline is very original but just as splendid as any other if not more so! I loved every minute of the performance and would see it a million times if I could. Each character has a spark of individuality that is amazing without the rest of the show backing it up. I found the whole thing thoroughly enjoyable and encourage others to see it!
Not about an antique shop
Acorn Antiques is not about the goings on in a fictitious midlands antique shop but about a bunch of actors playing in low budget soap. When the sketch started, as part of Victoria Woods "As Seen on TV" all we knew about the characters was what we could glean from their on screen antics. But what we did learn was how much they disliked each other, how unprepared they were, how low rent this particular soap was. At the end of the run came the "making of" episode and here we got a bit more back story on these characters. This like much else Victoria Wood did on this show was way ahead of its time but no less than we have come to expect from her, after all "As Seen on TV" gave us Hetty, the prototype of the Hyacinthis Bucket character and pretty much created the format that French and Saunders did to death several years later, main difference being Victoria's version was way funnier and she wrote everything herself. And of course there are always all those superb musical parodies. Well OK I'm a Victoria Wood fan, no question. Now I have to say I don't consider Acorn Antiques the musical 100% successful but I'm still not sure why. Having seen the show during its run last year and watched the DVD of that run at several times now I have to say parts of it are excellent. The DVD is great value with a full show with Julie Walters as Mrs O and several songs with Victoria Woods's version of Mrs O, we also get a Karaoke version of all the songs and subtitles throughout. And this is excellent, there's always so much going on in Victoria's stuff that you need to see it again and again to get everything out of it. The big question is why do it like this? Don't get me wrong its great to see Julie Walters 'aged hoofer' and I love seeing Celia Imrie vamping it up, (how does she manage to bend back so far? strapping girl like that) But as one of the cast says, (of Chorus Line) it's a musical, it doesn't have to have a point. So just an excuse to string a few songs together? To really parody something you have to love it too and many of these numbers are outstanding, "Tip Top Tap" is super and I'd love to see them go at it flat out right the way through. Celia's "Come on Boys" song is superb and Sally Ann Triplet's love song to Mr Clifford is just lovely and has got my eyes wet a couple of times. But all together the show does go on a bit. The first part with Neil Morrisey has the director is maybe a little too much of a good thing. The second half, which for balance parodies the other half of middle England's catalogue of gripes seems to be a bit more pertinent, we are not as far as I'm aware too heavily plagued with left wing theatre directors but we are bombarded with people bitching about the loss of all our traditional high streets. I suppose what I would love to see is the right vehicle for Victoria Woods' writing. Her Christmas show of a couple of years ago was pretty hot stuff and I'm sure the BBC or any other TV company would snap up 13 more just like it but I fear she's done that format, done the sketch show, done the sitcom format. Maybe a musical film is what would suit her best and then those lovely songs and exquisite performances would be preserved for ever. Maybe an appropriately radical approach would be to ditch parody and play it straight, why not? Oh and give Celia a love song to sing this time!
I kept laughing out loud even though I watched it on my own.
It is very rare for me to laugh out loud when I watch something on my own (which is a very different experience from watching a comic drama with others), and despite being very tired last night I laughed out loud a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the DVD. Julie Walters sparkles as always both as the hunchbacked crone Mrs Overall and as the pretentious, self-absorbed actress Bo Beaumont. Celia Imrie and Duncan Preston, both also cast member from the original Acorn Antique TV sketches were also excellent. Josie Lawrence was a welcome addition I have only seen her perform on the improvisational comedy game show "Whose Line is it Anyway" but continue to be impressed by her as I was by Neil Morrissey both as the pompous John and the slimy Tony. However it is Victoria Woods writing which has to be the star of the show. It is so full of wit and irony and self-effacing sarcasm. A wonderful show which I thoroughly enjoyed I only wish I had seen it on stage in the West End!
Absolutely fantastic - typical Victoria Wood expertise!
If you don't get regional British humour you won't get this - which is a tragedy because this is British theatre at its' best! The dialogue is wonderful, smooth and expertly delivered - as are all the songs and dances. Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Sally Ann Triplett and Josie Lawrence show what true professionalism is and whilst the story is somewhat different to the TV series and lacks some of the familiar items, the new mixture of the TV series and 'Vaudeville/Music Hall' is inspirational, extremely funny and well delivered. Even though I dislike Neil Morrisey's previous work, I have to say he delivered the obnoxious/slimy role very well - good casting, The rest of the cast is tip top too - just like 'Tip Top Tap'!! Well done Victoria Wood et al - more please!!
I beg your working class pardon!
What could I say to anyone who says they were disappointed by "Acorn Antiques: The Musical", I would say take some time out of your day and give it another go. Celia Imrie delightfully shocked us with her quite charming singing voice, and Duncan Preston always gives a superb performance with his dry wit and sense of humour with hilarious lines such as "I'll settle this, I have a scrotum" And ofcorse it would be a crime not to mention the national treasure that is Julie Walters, Julie never fails to deliver a top notch performance as her signature role Mrs Bodecia Overall. Neil Morrisey also gives an hilarious performance as "Tony, the Credit Crony" Great Jokes, Perfect Timing, Fabulous,famous Victoria Wood writing style and Funny Catchy show tunes, what more do you need????