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The Royles return in the feature length special The Golden Egg Cup. There’s a new buzz in the Royle Family household as it’s a special time for Jim and Barbara and a celebration (including hoola-hoops, twiglets and scotch eggs) is planned. Poor Mary from next door can’t be present though as, sadly, she has lost all bladder control and has leaked in both the Pound Shop and John Lewis.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
It might be the last ever episode and in some ways watching this it becomes easy to see why, yet nevertheless the story places the Royles in one of their most intriguing premises yet.
As the episode kicks off things feel a little forced, perhaps because the cast were forced to reshoot after losing some of their filming but once into the "holiday" situation things settle down again. The only thing that might niggle you is that although you might well be enjoying the story, you'll keep having this feeling of deja vu that you've heard all the jokes before and it seems that they have nowehere left to go with the characters except to use everything we know about them up to now to make fun of them, in all the recent specials Dave and Jim are increasingly becoming a bit farcical. It used to be quite a lot more heartfelt and poignant, and you would relate because you would "know" people like that, but by this episode the characters seem to have become more like caricatures of themselves. But while the actual dialogue seems to have become more forced and two dimensional I did enjoy some of the individual joke situations and I felt that the story placing the Royles on holiday which became a bit farcical was just perfect for the characters, you will enjoy as a long time fan of the series, but in some ways you might maybe only half enjoy it.
As the episode kicks off things feel a little forced, perhaps because the cast were forced to reshoot after losing some of their filming but once into the "holiday" situation things settle down again. The only thing that might niggle you is that although you might well be enjoying the story, you'll keep having this feeling of deja vu that you've heard all the jokes before and it seems that they have nowehere left to go with the characters except to use everything we know about them up to now to make fun of them, in all the recent specials Dave and Jim are increasingly becoming a bit farcical. It used to be quite a lot more heartfelt and poignant, and you would relate because you would "know" people like that, but by this episode the characters seem to have become more like caricatures of themselves. But while the actual dialogue seems to have become more forced and two dimensional I did enjoy some of the individual joke situations and I felt that the story placing the Royles on holiday which became a bit farcical was just perfect for the characters, you will enjoy as a long time fan of the series, but in some ways you might maybe only half enjoy it.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
what has happened to this once brilliant written and performed sitcom ? think they should call it a day if this is the best they can come up with. such a shame as this was one of the best shows on tv not so long ago.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
If Dave's car had gone around that mini-roundabout one more time I would have put my foot through the screen.
It is hard to believe that they had a year to come up with this script knowing it was supposed to be a Christmas day highlight. Like in most comedies that have run out of ideas they have fallen back on relying on everyone's worst characteristics and using over the top crudity (see Little Britain). All sublety has gone out of the window. Dave, Denise and Barbara have become ridiculously stupid and Jim is just disgusting with no saving graces. Sending the staff of Grace Brothers to the Costa Plonka on holiday seems plausible and almost comedy genius in comparison to the Royle's outing to Prestatyn in the middle of winter.
They should never have considered taking it out of its living room setting. No more. Let it rest in peace and allow us to live with our memories.
It is hard to believe that they had a year to come up with this script knowing it was supposed to be a Christmas day highlight. Like in most comedies that have run out of ideas they have fallen back on relying on everyone's worst characteristics and using over the top crudity (see Little Britain). All sublety has gone out of the window. Dave, Denise and Barbara have become ridiculously stupid and Jim is just disgusting with no saving graces. Sending the staff of Grace Brothers to the Costa Plonka on holiday seems plausible and almost comedy genius in comparison to the Royle's outing to Prestatyn in the middle of winter.
They should never have considered taking it out of its living room setting. No more. Let it rest in peace and allow us to live with our memories.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
a good comedy
This was good, not as good as the 3 series they made, but I did have a good laugh at this still. A must for royle family fans!
Published 6 days ago by sukimon
Royle Family- The Golden Egg Cup
Purchased as a Christmas present. I must admit that it isn't really my style of comedy, however the recipient likes all of the Royle Family comedies and so was pleased that his... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Bareford
The Royle Family - The Golden Egg Cup
Brilliant, The funniest dvd I've seen in a long time. Ricky Tomlinson is fantastic, I have watched this over and over and still find it funny. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ella W
Just average
The Royle family was one of the best comedies of all time in my opinion,caroline aherne and craig cash's scripts had a nice mix of comedy and pathos,intelligently written and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. Russell C. Witheyman
xmas show
We found this episode utterly hilarious, far better than expected! Buying the DVD as a surprise pressie! Read more
Published 22 months ago by vonny135
Magic
From start to finnish a truely laugh out loud episode, Would reccomend it to anyone,must say i'm shocked at some of the one star reviews it's recieved, Simply brilliant!
Published 23 months ago by Ms. K. Favell
Excellent continuation
Very pleased to have this final episoade added to our complete selsction of the royle Family. Excellent service in price and delivery.
Published 23 months ago by Rudolph Zomer
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An easy guide to sites in the west of England. A good guide not only for angling but accommodation sites too.
Published on 13 May 2010 by A. Brown
Great extra helping of fun!
I used to love the royle family series and was sad to see it end. I don't know what people are complaining about in some of the revies so clam down people and just take it for what... Read more
Published on 10 May 2010 by Buyer from UK
the royle family golden egg cup
Not as good as previous episodes but ok to take me back to its hayday
Published on 8 May 2010 by T. Qureshi
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