Just seen this on Amazon and added it to My List, Angus Deaton in a film who'd have thought it I most definitely wouldn't? I just had to give it a shot especially with the description of his character, as and I quote, Handome, Charming and Gregarious.
Quite frankly about the only person likely to consider him as Handsome would be Angus Deaton, because that's his opinion of himself every time that he gazes in the mirror.
The first time that I clapped eyes on Angus Deaton was on the television programme, Have I Got News for You as the Chair, along with the head panellists of Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. He was in the show for a while and I firmly expected him to remain as the permanent show chair, and indeed I got the strongest impression at the time, that I wasn't the only one who felt that including Angus Deaton himself. But eventually he left the post and the show itself, which he seemed to take as a personal slight as he considered himself irreplaceable.
But the show has kept on for Series after Series without him at the helm, have virtually a recyclable or revolving chair occupied by different personnel from show to show.
The other telly show that I've seen him in was One Foot in the Grave as a next door neighbour to the eponymous Victor Meldrew, I must say that I liked him in that comedy programme. Which is one of my all time favourite comedies, they were I feel ideally cast as awkward neighbours, being almost mirror images of each other as characters.
Viewing this movie I am not altogether surprised to see that it's a TV film especially as I can scarcely imagine one featuring Angus Deaton, making much of a fuss at any self respecting high street cinema.
His character Harry Holland is an extremely vain, pompous, self opinionated, barrister, he declares himself as a "Divorce Lawyer" a term that's also used here on IMDb, it is not surprising to see it here as this an American website, but no self respecting British barrister would dream of calling himself a lawyer.
Holland needs a heart transplant after suffering a severe heart attack, afterwards he feels compelled to know the identity of the donor and promptly heads, north of the border in search of as much information that he can gather into his benefactor.
Possibly the best source of local colour may or not be Rick the editor of the local rag, who once Holland gives him the gist of his search promptly considers that Hollands story, may well the nearest chance that he'll ever have of getting onto a local gravy train.
Something that is absolutely guaranteed to put me right off even a half way OK movie is slush, and this film perambulated along its merry way until, well rather like Harry Hollands ticker it hit the skids. Quite frankly one of the worst people that I could possibly even imagine, as any kind of (oh dear) romantic leading man is Angus Deaton.
