Twin Town (1997)

Quite simply, this is the funniest and most quoted movie we've ever seen, and remains an absolute must see. "Cup of tea boys..." While on the first run through, it might seem like a swear-fest, this is a movie which deserves to be watched time and time again. For one reason or another , Twin Town avoided mainstream success, and yet at the same time developed a cult following, which, to this day remains underground. Understandably, this would have never been a film to make big box office bucks, but I assume that was never the intention. Written as sharply as todays modern sit-coms, and far sharper than most recent films, it remains understated and extremely dark at times, while still managing to make you laugh out loud repeatably and rewind to watch again. The last few scenes, a testament to the confidence of the writers, are some of the best. My only hope is that we get to see more of the not-so-famous actors that appear throughout, those that play Greyo, Adie and Dai etc, because without their contribution, the movie wouldn't have been so complete. Keith Allen should be placed high upon a pedestal, and pestered continually until he agrees to write again, be it Welsh or not. "You reckon this boat'll get us to Morocco...".

During my tenure as chief projectionist of the Commodore Cinema, Aberystwyth, the only film to have received a standing ovation on more than one night for a week's screening. It's a university town so we have a good mix of local punters, students and holiday people. I rest my case.The nineties was, on the whole, a good decade for cinema I think. All we seem to have had since then is a load of cgi filled soulless film equivalent of a fast food outlet (Hancock?). Maybe it's just me getting older.I checked out the "hated it" rating for Twin Town tonight, and was pleasantly surprised to see only two negative reviews receiving two stars or less. Bloody hell. Some bugger's just nicked my car..............

This was a great script in the way that it all fell together, it was very natural and generally unpredictable. There were lots of great characters and plenty of strange scenes. You HAVE to understand the lazy "welsh" accent in order to get a lot of the jokes. If you don't know nee 14 means nearly 14 then you might be confused in some parts. The more you understand of this movie's dialogue the more you will appreciate what a cool movie this is. It starts off one way and then becomes a completely different experience, and it's a fun ride the whole way through. I recommend it fully, this movie is unpredictable and weird, a real charmer if you kick back and let it unfold.

Dougray Scott has appeared in over a dozen movies since Twin Town, including Deep Impact, Enigma and of course MI2.It is often said that you have to be from Swansea to truly enjoy this film, and while this is probably the case, friends of mine from all parts of the UK seem to enjoy it for the fun film that it is.The most memorable quote from the film for me:"Here's twenty quid, now go and buy yourselves a nice big pot of sticky sticky and f*** off back to noddyland"