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Title: The Specials don't travel well
Review: I remember being told that there were two kinds of funny: funny ha-ha, and funny peculiar. This film is the second kind.I've admired Rob Lowe as a comic talent since Illegally Yours, and there are signs here that he might have done better with a better script, better direction with more pace, and less self-conscious rattling away at the 'ha-ha' kind of funny; but he's not helped by a lack-lustre cast and jokes that just don't cross the Atlantic successfully. Perhaps it's the parochialism of the humour that makes this film feel so slow, but I'm afraid I was very disappointed, and will have to wait longer to see one of my favourite actors achieve the success he deserves in comedy.
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