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| | Ananova - Hotel Splendide (Cert 15, 98 mins) |
 | | Reminiscent of the nightmarish fantasy worlds of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, The City Of Lost Children) or Roald Dahl, Terence Gross's stylistically bold comedy is something of an acquired taste, juggling slapstick with elements of the absurd, tinged with the grotesque. |
 | | Collette is luminous, standing out in her grim and gloomy surroundings, while Craig provides an excellent comic and romantic foil, getting his hands mucky in the kitchen preparing a stomach-churning array of herring-based starters and main courses. |
 | | Tompkinson just about manages to prevent his weasely hotel manager from straying into the realms of caricature, and Cartlidge wrings every emotion out of her caged lovebird, who is secretly in love with one of the guests, the enigmatic Sergei, but cannot declare her feelings for fear of angering her brother Dezmond. |
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