Honest (2000)

Director:

David A. Stewart

Writers:

Dick Clement (writer)
Ian La Frenais (writer)

Release Date:

26 May 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

To live outside the law you must be...Honest.

Plot:

The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s. The All Saints girls play three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to rob and generally cause trouble. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Nicole Appleton	...	Gerry Chase
Natalie Appleton	...	Mandy Chase
Melanie Blatt	...	Jo Chase
Derek Deadman	...	Night Watchman
Graham Fletcher-Cook	...	Market Trader
Vinny Reed	...	Stills Photographer
Karina Iszatt	...	Body Painted Girl
Peter Facinelli	...	Daniel Wheaton
Rick Warden	...	Baz
Jonathan Cake	...	Andrew Pryce-Stevens
Willie Ross	...	Woodbine
Annette Badland	...	Rose
Corin Redgrave	...	Duggie Ord
Matt Bardock	...	Cedric
Paul Rider	...	Mo

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and nudity, language, drug use and some violence.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | France:U | Germany:12 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Lincoln's Inn, Holborn, London, England, UK

Company:

Honest Productions

Trivia:

During the French sequences a town signpost saying "Clement La Frenais" is visible.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The hospital scene contains numerous items of medical equipment, furniture, fixtures and fittings dating firmly from the late 1990s (e.g., beds, bedside cabinets, signs, doors and door handles) which do not resemble those used in 1968 when the film was set.

Soundtrack:

Reflections

Abysmal

The choice of DVD titles in HMV Grafton Street is really bad. Full of cheap obvious titles with nothing out of the ordinary. DVD review.

Three East End sisters in the late '60s get entangled with a local crime firm, an American student and the psychedelic scene.

I couldn't describe Honest as a waste of talent as there wasn't any. Unlike most bad movies this one is difficult to sit through. Firstly the most attractive of the three girls is rarely present (except when she gets topless and busy with a biker). Secondly, the movie is so badly directed that it becomes unwatchable. Thirdly, the story is trite and derivative. Most of the ideas are so obvious that even casual movie-goers will spot the references: the blond-haired photographer (David Hemmings from Blow-Up), the cockney well-dressed gangsters (The Krays), the fountain-scene (La Dolce Vita), the American student (a lot of Brit movies from the 60s cast Amercians as they were financed by US producers). The only interesting character was the girls' father.

The movie was a waste of €10. Honest!