It’s a perfectly pitched, at times rightly uncomfortable comedy, that brings together a quartet of inept terrorists, who when we meet them, can’t even put a video together without it falling into farce. It’s an opening scene that sets up Four Lions perfectly. And led by the terrific Riz Ahmed and the scene-stealing Nigel Lindsay, the company of actors rise to the challenge that Chris Morris sets them.

Four Lions isn’t a perfect film, though. The tone is a little uneven at times, and it’s very much one that’s going to feel more at home on a television than a cinema screen. But it’s still a daring, risky and at times extremely funny piece of work. And it’s one not afraid to pull the rug on you, either, never shielding itself away from the undercurrents of its subject matter. It’s the most ambiti...
Brilliant, 2010-09-01
Have to be honest. Never heard of this film. Saw it in Blockbuster shop and chose it on the basis of the review (12 "Funny"s from different sources surely something got to be right) And they are right - it is really funny and I thought the subject albeit extremely sensitive was pitch just right.

Basic storyline - 5 wannabes suicide bombers - all different characters - planning some sort of blowing up job - badly. The characters were fairly distinct - one an Asian born British with a more religious but peace loving brother who don't believe in concept of violence, one guy who don't really know what he's doing but hangs around, one complete mentalist convert "white" person into Muslim who's just want to do things, one Afro-Carribean Islamic guy who don't quite understand what really he's doing and another who just happen to be in it. The story also tells you a little more in detail about the main character. Similarly, it also potrays the ironicity of the other character - his peace loving brother. It's very stereotypical in one sense - but also makes you think. I really like the scene where the main character's brother and friends - all bearded in their traditional customes holding the umbrellas playing football in the rain asking him to join in. It makes you think that, a stereotypical view would consider these people "dangerous". But it also make you realise they are just another person and may not be what you perceive. So although funny, they are some poignant bits which makes you think.

There's no support of fundamentalist nor suicide bombers in the film but rather it takes a different twist on the whole issue. As I am a moderate Muslim myself, I actually thought it is beautifully done without feeling neither offended or think the subject potrayed over the top. The issues will always be difficult and you will get various response from everyone but it did make me laugh with tears in my eyes. I think you probably have to be British or have a British sense of humour to fully appreciate the jokes. Highly recommended! Well done!

The film is so cheerfully raunchy, so fiercely crude, that the humour becomes as intoxicating as the mind-altering substances. The standout in the ensemble is Zach Galifianakis, who is alternately creepy and hilarious. Ed Helm (The Office), in addition to his memory, loses a tooth in uncomfortably realistic fashion, and Bradley Cooper (He's Just Not That into You) has deadpan comic timing that whips along at the speed of light. "Ma'am, you have an incredible rack," he blares to a pedestrian from the squ...
piss funny, 2010-08-29
has to be one of the funniest films i've seen, the jokes were so damn halarious. really funny stuff.

the only bad part is when you watch it again it's no where near as funny as first time in the cinema but still really funny.