Product Details

• Actors: Mary Allen, Di Botcher, Huw Ceredig, Danny Durden, Paul Durden
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• VHS Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304602200
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,519 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Producer Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) is behind this decadent comedy about a pair of lowlife but oddly intelligent Welsh brothers who generally make a pain of themselves in their small community, but who get serious about exacting revenge for a family tragedy. Director Kevin Allen succeeds at turning the entire film into a jacked-up freak show, with petty terrorism, cops on the take, a young virgin getting it on with a middle- aged creep, and a male choir inexplicably singing Mungo Jerry's ancient hit "In the Summertime." This is loony, nasty stuff all around, but the only good laughs in the movie are top loaded into the first few minutes. After that, it's sheer tedium. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the real review, April 14, 2000

By	jo jo (Glasgow Scotland) - See all my reviews

The majority visitors reading the reviews of this film will have only recently bcome aware of what i can only class as cult clasic due to Rhys Ifans appearance in notting hill. Twin Town is the story of two brothers who live in Swansea ( south Wales) and their crusade to gain revenge over a wealthy roofing contractor/ local kingpin after there father has an accident while completing some work for him - as a basis for a film this may not 'jump out' as the story behind a classic comedy but the key to its success is the dark methods used by the brothers and the counter actions from the attended targets.

Without giving away to much the introduction of two bent policemen ( one welsh the other from Glasgow) kareokee and a mixture of murder (watch out for the dogs head) and sex and drugs brings the best out of all the cast.

The regional accent may cause a few problems innitially with a few of the jokes lost on those who do not understand the welsh humour, however even without taking this into account i have never met anyone who has not enjoyed this film ( i have already lost one copy to a friend)

sadly one of the origional shots involving a welsh farmer and a sheep was highly edited and i hope that the american version has not been edited inorder to make it politically correct.....

the highest recommendation i can give is that i origionally bought twin town at a cost of £15 approx $22) and when it disappeared i had no hesitation to go and purchase another copy ....buy it and you will see what i mean .

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twin Town True Welsh Humour, FANTASTIC!, April 8, 2003

By	Karl (New York, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

If you don't have a copy of this, get it. If anything it will show you the difference between the Welsh Nation & the English. If you loved Trainspotting you will laugh like hell at this, I Just wish it was on DVD.

As A true Welshman living in America it is good to watch this film to remind me of Home, The people & Sense of HUMOUR! You'll love this Film & if you don't understand anything send me an E-mail & I'll happily explain it all for you. P.s. watch out for the farmer & his sheep.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When All Else Fails, Try Wales, January 13, 2000

By	Adam Richman (parts unknown.) - See all my reviews

I picked up this tape in the first place becuase I was drawn in by the clever trailer that preceeds "Fargo" on videotape. I also enjoy UK dialect pictures. While it can lag towards the end - it seems as though the director needed to tie up some ends quickly and creatively - this is a thoroughly enjoyable film. I have never seen a film jump from extreme to extreme so jarringly and yet effortlessly. The acting is very, very engaging - in particular, the two "bent coppers," played by Dorien Thomas (?) and Dougray Scott (soon to be hitting our shores as Wolverine in the X-Men film) and the almost psychotic Ifans (real life) twins. For a film that will make you laugh, honestly drop your jaw (I've proved this - there's one scene that will leave you agape), and occasionally make you say, "Nooooooo, way!" or perhaps, "Wha?" I cannot recommend this enough. It is certainly out there - but who wants to watch gritty reality as a form of escapism? You'll pee yourself laughing....