A British indie sci-fi mock doc, TTID! reaches for the stars and flies high if unsteadily over the roof tops, as Ruth and Megan discover a time machine and use it to restock their vintage shop in Muswell Hill. What could possibly go wrong?
Directed by Chris Reading and written by Reading and the Shakespeare Sisters, the film is narrated by a typically acerbic Stephen Fry and features the requisite shaky camera work and whip pans typical of documentaries. Ruth Syratt offers a hangdog performance as Ruth while Megan Stevenson is more expressive as Megan. The sound dipped at various points, perhaps as a nod to the documentary method and sometimes swallowed the dialogue but the two actors have good chemistry.
There is also a host of Easter eggs for those with the energy to look for them, in the form of actors popping up from Buffy, The Witches and The School for Good and Evil. Plus Brian Blessed as an octopus, and, dear lord, Johnny Vegas as an angry robot. I know some find Vegas hilarious, but every time he appears on screen, he seems to suck the life out of every scene he is in. Jane Horrocks appears in a very odd steampunk sequence shouting a lot and I actually did not recognise her.
Truth be told, the pacing and tone of the film are all over the place. When the cast are trying to sort out the issues of time travel it is a lot of fun, but the more serious scenes feel out of place.
So, yeah, time travel is a bit of a bumpy ride.
Time Travel Is Dangerous! is on UK release from 28 March.
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