THE INBETWEENERS 2

Basically…

Will, Simon and Neil battle their way through college while Jay lives the high life on a gap year in Australia. Or so they think until the pay him a surprise visit. The four boys end up trekking across the country following girls, drink, and most surprisingly of all, love.

In other words…

Different accents, different bumders, same four lovable idiots.

The main men and leading ladies…

We've grown to know, and love, James Buckley, Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison over the last six years. Ok so they’re all old enough to have about three kids each by now but they still make you believe they’re innocent, naive teenagers with the incredible ability to make you wince at actions that all seem too far fetched, but at the same time all too plausible for them.

In the chair… 
Apart from working with Jimmy Carr, Damon Beesley and Iain Morris aren't really known for anything other than The Inbetweeners. they've worked on various TV shows together but none that have hit the dizzy heights of the fab four. The pair have confirmed there won’t be a third movie to follow this one though.

So…? 

Fortunately the chemistry between the actors and interaction of the characters are still strong enough to maintain The Inbetweeners’ popularity. Despite the tone taking an unnecessarily immature dip (even for their standards) in the waterpark, the film is actually quite funny. Unlike many comedy sequels before, this one manages to finish on a par with the first movie. It works because it’s much of the same – the humour, the characters, even the location is tried, tested and successful. The additional characters – typical gap year students – have also been cast to a tee. Especially Ben, anyone who’s went abroad has met Ben…

The third act takes The Inbetweeners to a new level though, and almost rescues the film from being “just the same old nonsense” to “that was actually a pretty good sequel”. Seeing the four boys just sitting talking to each other, without filthy humour or embarrassing situations to make the scene work, showed just how far the show has come and how much they’ve grown as characters through the years too.

Worth the money? 

Save it, this is a night in with a DVD kind of movie.