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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

It was after their third stage tour of 'Bottom' that Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson toyed with the idea of making 'Bottom' into a movie. During their tours, Rik and Ade spent their spare time sitting around whichever hotel it was they were staying in at that time and felt the idea of Richie and Eddie owning their own hotel had massive comedy potential, an idea which was pitched to their tour producer Phil McIntyre, who gave his full blessing for them to make it into a film and acted once again as producer whilst Edmondson directed. Creation of the film was delayed for sometime following Rik's well publicised quad bike accident which very nearly claimed his life. It was not until Rik's recovery in 1999 that 'Guest House Paradiso' finally went into production. It went on release on 3 December 1999 and met with mixed reviews. Critics tore it to shreds whilst 'Bottom' fans, such as myself, loved every minute of it.'Guest House Paradiso' is quite possibly the worst hotel in Britain ( even the village locals denied it ever being in existence ), being situated right next to a badly maintained nuclear power station ( in which a chimney stack and two domes uncannily resemble a penis ) and whose waiting staff are mostly illegal immigrants ( one of which is played by Steven O'Donnell, who played Spudgun in the series ). Richie has undergone a name change from Richie Richard to Richie Tw*t, which he insists is pronounced Thwaite ( I wonder if this was a dig at Patricia Routledge's Hyacinth Bucket from 'Keeping Up Appearances' who insisted that her surname was pronounced Bouquet ) whilst Eddie's surname is changed from Hitler to Ndingombaba. The only guests include senile Mrs. Foxfur ( Fenella Fielding ), a constantly horny newlywed couple and prudish common-law couple Mr. Johnson and Ms. Hardy ( Bill Nighy and Kate Ashfield ). After an altercation in the kitchen ( which results in Richie getting knocked out ), Mr. Johnson and Ms. Hardy leave without paying, leaving Richie angry and depressed.However things look to shape up with not only the arrival of Mr & Mrs. Nice ( Simon Pegg in what was his first film role and Lisa Palfrey ) arrive with their children Damien and Charlene ( Joe Hughes and Jessica Mann ) but of famous Italian film-star Gina Carbonara ( the gorgeous Helene Mahieu ) who is on the run from her violent fiancée Gino Bolognese ( Vincent Cassell ). As you can see, subtlety is all but existent here. Unfortunately for poor Gina, her estranged fiancée Gino shows up at the hotel, with thoughts on exacting revenge for Gina jilting him at the alter.However, things go drastically wrong when the fish dinner that is served that night ( which fell off the back of a contaminated waste lorry ) causes the guests to become violently ill and spew radioactive vomit at high velocity. Will Richie and Eddie get found out? Will the guests survive? Will Gina be saved in time from the clutches of Gino? Watch and find out.'Guest House Paradiso' is delightfully funny and brilliantly over-the top throughout and the entire cast brought the hilariously absurd characters and dialogue to life with their sterling performances. Helene Mahieu at that time was one of my biggest childhood crushes. No wonder Richie and Eddie lusted after her. The sound effects and incidental music sounds like something out of a 'Laurel & Hardy' film but as it happens it works rather well for the way the film looks.The only real negative aspect was the vomiting scene. I feel it went on far longer than it actually needed to and the end to said scene looked way too farcical even by Rik and Ade's standards. Among the most amusing moments were Richie and Eddie beating each other to a pulp in the kitchen over a breakfast order, Richie getting trapped in an oven, Eddie taking a pee whilst riding his motorbike, Richie trying on a latex bikini and, best for last, Richie getting a burning candle rammed into his eye, not once, but twice! There never was a sequel ( though I doubt there was ever one planned ) but 'Bottom' fans only had two years to wait until the fourth stage show - 'Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity' - got underway.Funniest moment - it has to be the 'candle in the eye' moment. In a documentary about the making of the film, Ade Edmondson humorously commented that the scene was fairly straightforward to do - ''We just stuck a candle in Rik's eye and gave him some painkillers!''

Mayall and Edmondson take their Bottom incarnations, even thought they claim in interviews they haven't, and put them in charge of the worst Hotel in the UK.There is some sort of incoherent plot going on though. The hotel is next to a Nuclear Power Plant, and obviously Eddie and Richie are awful to their customers, so hilarity ensues.A famous film start comes to stay at the Hotel, and a family stay there too, as they cannot afford anywhere else. But the plot thickens when the stars husband comes chasing after her, and the fish is off..Remember the movies, The Boys in Blue, Holiday On The Buses, and Alien Autopsy? You're on the same path with this abomination.It must have sounded really good at the time, and admittedly, its a little nostalgic to see the two characters on the big screen, but then they start to act, and speak, and you realise they are best left to a thirty minute slot on BBC 2.They fight, swear, and are nasty to their guest, and then at the end, every one vomits....that's the film.Its pretty bad stuff, but you could get some fun out of it now, seeing people like Bill Nighy and Simon Pegg in this.I bet they love this on their C.V.

This is maybe the best slapstick-movie I ever seen. The first ten minutes I'm laughing without breathing. The movie seems to be senseless, but try to watch out the many references to other movies. The poor people who visit "Guesthouse Paradiso" are very unfortunate, but sometimes I can feel with the director of the Hotel, too. The good old dark British humor as it's best. It don't must hide behind "Death at a funeral" or other movies like this. So if you like to watch people fighting till the end, physical and psychical, or laugh about senseless and maybe bad tasted sketches, than watch it. And be prepared for a end who blows you away!!!

I had seen Rik Mayall in Blackadder and the New Statesman, so I thought I'd give this film a try.At around 4 pm I bought it, at around 8pm I started to watch, at around 8.15pm I fast forwarded the remaining film to see if there was anything left watchable for a human being with a brain... but there wasn't. At around 8.45pm I threw the DVD into the dustbin. And that's where this "film" belongs.What ever happened to British humour? The humour so fine and witty, intelligent and artful that you find in Yes, Minister, Blackadder, Vicar of Dibley, Fawlty Towers or The Fast Show? The black humour Britain is so famous for? I don't want to insult anybody, but I presume even stupid children wouldn't find this funny. They deserve more intelligent fun. And Rik Mayall, you can do better, so please, do!