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Neville's Island is an ITV TV film which plays like The Lord of the Flies meets Three Men in a Boat. Except here there are four men, who, when their boat sinks, find themselves stranded on a small island in the middle of the Lake District's Derwent Water with a sausage and an almost defunct mobile phone. Given that our heroes are middle-aged executives on a weekend training exercise, tempers and personalities soon fray. Starting Martin-Men Behaving Badly-Clunes this is essentially a comedy, though the funniest lines go to Timothy Spall as the mercilessly sarcastic Gordon. Jeff Rawle is Neville, the capable team leader, David Bamber the organised Angus, while Clunes has the plum role as Roy, whose mental instability triggers the sometimes-surreal concluding sequences. In a scene paralleling Scream (1996) the rules of the stranded-on-an-island film genre are established, allowing writer Tim Firth to have fun twisting the clichés. He even feints that the film is about to turn into a slasher pic, or the UK's answer to Deliverance (1972). Neville's Island does get a little out of its depth when it ventures into metaphysical waters, but the performances are perfectly judged and the exceptionally sharp dialogue delivers sustained amusement and intermittent belly laughs.
On the DVD: There is a basic stills gallery and a list of screen credits for each of the four stars which is misleadingly labelled "biography". Otherwise there are no special features. The sound is effective three channel Dolby Pro logic with the dialogue well presented and Barrington Pheloung's inventive score highlighted. The anamorphically enhanced 1.77:1 ratio picture is occasionally grainy but the DVD clarity does succeed in making a TV film look like a real, albeit low-budget, feature film, with some beautiful daytime cinematography and some imaginative firework shots demonstrating strong contrast and luminosity.--Gary S Dalkin
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One freezing November weekend, four middle-aged businessmen find themselves stranded on an island in the Lake District on a team-building exercise. Food is in short supply, and the quartet have but one call left on their mobile phone. Matters take a further turn for the worse when they begin to suspect that they are not alone on their island. Timothy Spall, Jeff Rawle, David Bamber and Martin Clunes star.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By T. Nixon
Format:DVD
I didn't know what to expect from this film as the cast list had my hopes sky high to begin with, and I was concerned it wouldn't live up to it. WRONG!! This film is pure magic from start to finish, with sterling performances and beautiful little touches from a tight, perfectly selected cast. The characters are finely drawn, heartbreakingly real and, although Timothy Spall gets all the best lines, equally important. There is no character, no moment, no speech, not so much as a sideways glance, that is not absolutely necessary and perfectly executed. I would recommend this to anyone with an ounce of sensibility and an appreciation for a fine performance.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By J Cattermole
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Format:DVD
This is my all time favourite film! - I saw it on the tv and wished i could see it again, only to find it on amazon! - Absolutely delighted, this is the funniest film you'll ever see! - It's exciting because of the survival on the island, martin clunes is brilliant in it, as are the others.
It's amusing how they cope in this ultimate situation, they cant stand each other where they work, let alone being forced to get along, whilst getting on each-others nerves!
There isnt a bad point to this film, for food they do hunt an albatross which is gory! But not in a horendous way, in a comic way!
I recommend this, the price is great and the film even better! -Add this to your dvd collection and you wont regret it!
By Sea witch
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Saw this on TV when it first came out and its just as funny today very good acting by all four taking part and the wise cracks and jibes are very subtle typical of human nature seeking promotion.
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Oh Dear, Martin!!
I'm afraid this is another one to give to the charity shop. A very strange tale, which appeared to promise some laughs, but never really delivered. Read more
Published on 23 May 2009 by David Reid
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Neville's Island
Sorry but I didn't enjoy this film. I couldn't get into it at all and thought it was very slow moving. In fact I didn't finish watching it. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2008 by Jenny
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