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Guest House Paradiso

1999 · 90 min

A gleefully vulgar, slapstick farce that revels in bad taste and bodily fluids, delivering relentless gross-out laughs.

Directed by: Adrian Edmondson
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Bill Nighy

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Overview: Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!

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Directed by: Adrian Edmondson
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Bill Nighy

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
corruption
survival
betrayal
love
Places: single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	1

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Adrian Edmondson
Written by: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Starring: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield, Steven O'Donnell, Fenella Fielding, Vincent Cassel, Hélène Mahieu
Music: Colin Towns
Cinematography: Alan Almond
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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