Good clean fun

An English "follow your dream" caper, not rags-to-riches but more live your own life and don't let the bastards grind you down.

A bit sentimental but basically honest (if not exactly trulitcroft's family - who knows? or cares?). Some slapstick (capsizing the golf cart in a keystone cops pursuit), plenty of fun poked at snobbery.

OK Light Comedy

Not laugh-out-loud funny, just the odd situational chuckle. The slapstick (people vomiting and toilets overflowing during the storm) wan't particularly notable.

Much too long, should have had at least 20 mins trimmed.

No idea why it won the Palme d'Or. Did the Cannes Crowd think it was somehow 'edgy' cos it poked mild fun at the super-rich and hinted at a social critique?