allyatherton The boys go down underStarring Simon Beard, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas.Written by Damon Beesley and Iain MorrisDirected by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris.I must admit I have a soft spot for the Inbetweeners.I'm a bit of a closet fan of the series and the movies and this one was no disappointment. The humour is a bit of an acquired taste and at times it's pretty off the wall stuff. At times it's pretty childish and shouldn't really work but it does. It wasn't really like watching a movie, it was more like watching a feature length episode. There was nothing really movie like about it. But it worked and it is funny.Watch this if you want to have a good laugh.10/10

tomgillespie2002 With The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) storming to box-office and critical success, it was never going to be the last time we saw Will (Simon Bird), Jay (James Buckley), Neil (Blake Harrison) and Simon (Joe Thomas) on the big screen. You would expect the sequel to make things bigger and better, but while number 2 certainly feels more 'film-y' than its predecessor, things are kept relatively low-key here. While it thankfully resists any urge to throw in a wild plot and favours something more grounded (the boys are so lovable because they're relatable), it basically repeats the same story as their disastrous holiday to Crete. The destination this time around is Australia.With Will experiencing unhappiness at University (his house-mates demonstrate their attitudes towards him with a brilliantly worked gag), Simon struggling to deal with his bunny-boiling girlfriend Lucy (Tamla Kari), and Neil doing very little at all, the three decide to join Jay back-packing in Australia. Jay claims to be a top nightclub DJ, living in a mansion with supermodels who wake him every morning with a blow job. He is actually working as a toilet attendant, and is staying in a tent outside his uncle's house. Simon is convinced by old school friend Katie (Emily Berrington) to join her and her backpacking mates to see the 'real side of Australia', naturally with a detour to a water park, and the four tag along where embarrassment and uncomfortable sexual adventures await them.While Australia is vast and beautiful, we see very little of it here, favouring youth hostels and tourist hotspots that, if anything, makes it look like were watching a feature-length episode on E4. The cast is made up is mainly Britons, and the only main Australian character we meet is Jay's 'shrimp on the barbie' stereotype uncle. The female characters also are resigned to roles of tease and psychopathic harpy, as opposed to the well-rounded female foursome we met in the first movie. Although there's a couple of hilarious set-pieces - s**t in the face is always a winner - this just isn't as funny as it should be, with more focus on pushing the boundaries of gross-out humour rather than developing the odd relationship between these best friends who have very little in common. Series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris and the main cast have all said that this is it for The Inbeweeners, but I'm sure, despite the mediocrity this time around, they'll be back on our screens at some point in the future.

gary-444 I am a huge fan of the Inbetweeners. I have watched every television episode, and thoroughly enjoyed the first feature film. This sequel had all the previous ingredients, a big budget, and a big canvas on which to paint. Yet I found it painfully unfunny.I watched it on DVD, and it took me around four goes to complete it, so uncompelling was the storyline, so laborious the script. Maybe it is an intrinsic problem with gross out humour? You can only take it so far- then you have done it.The fake promo video at the start where Jay is eulogising about his imaginary life is good, and amuses, but that should have been about it. A premise of the "inbetween" existence from sixth form to adulthood had been previously brilliantly realised to date by both script writers and cast. As that premise is exhausted, so the joke is exhausted.Devotees will find the film entertains in the context of well -worn jokes, stereotypes and scenarios, but Inbetweeners 2 is definitely the coda on this project. In cash terms, it has been enormously successful, creatively it has run out of fuel.

Saiph90 I have never watched the TV series but watched the first movie which was better than OK, so we watched this the other night and although not hating it, found it pretty weak. It is not really a film but a series of set plays, sketches, linked together by a really flimsy plot, story line. It comes across as trying way to hard and tries to be the Young Ones without much of the wit, humour and style. One or two funny moments, I believe one of the actors has given up on the franchise, wise choice. I am not going into the story line as there is no point it is really immaterial and just passes time until the next sketch is reached.