The All Together

Director: Gavin Claxton

Starring: Martin Freeman, Corey Johnson, Velibor Topic, Danny Dyer

Chris (Martin Freeman) is a frustrated TV producer who leaves his unreliable and ever so slightly eccentric Bosnian flatmate, Bob (Velibor Topic), in charge of showing a series of real estate agents around his house. Chris asks his friend to listen out for the door bell and show anyone who comes calling inside. When he returns home that evening, Chris is rather surprised to find Bob, four estate agents, two Jehovah‘s Witnesses, a corpse and a terrified clown in what remains of his flooded kitchen. Of course, a flooded kitchen full of gagged and bound estate agents doesn‘t mean the end of the world, but the half–crazed American gangster sitting outside the toilet with a gun, just might.

The remarkable thing with this film is that it was shot in a grand total of just 18 days, with a total cast and crew of just 28! The result of having less people on the screen, though, is that every one can be cast to perfection.

Martin Freeman (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Office) plays a bang-up role as our slightly depressed, monologueing protagonist, with supporting actors Corey Johnson (Hellboy, Flight 93), Danny Dyer (The Football Factory, The Business) and the constantly entertaining and very memorable character of Bob, played by Velibor Topic (Kingdom of Heaven). The All Together is a hilarious, and typically British, comedy that will have you in stitches from start to finish.

Darren Bastyan