Connolly's life as a fisherman is sunk by the destruction of his boat by a bolt of lightning. The insurance company won't pay up because it falls under that age-old excuse of being an "Act of God". So Connolly decides to sue the deity. The premise raises issues about how the law and the church have apparently conspired together. But at heart the film is a simple character study, so any pondering on legal or theological implications will have to be done on your own time; the screen is occupied with family issues, underhand dealings and a maybe-maybe romance with Judy Davis. Big Yin fans at least will enjoy the Connolly's composite character. --Paul Tonks
Billy Connolly and Judy Davis are brilliant in this wonderful film., 2010-01-30
It is in fact one of my favourite films in my DVD collection. The very idea of the film is intelligently brilliant. Billy Connolly goes up against the fraudulent claim of the insurance companies for using the "Act of God" clause to wriggle out of paying the insured when accident strikes and it really matters. The script is a string of peals of really good conversation, and it is a film very worth watching and getting hold of while it is still available. Go for it.

The central concept is actually quite similar to The X-Files, with a core of three main characters investigating what they call ‘fringe science’. This manifests itself with a series of unusual situations and happenings, that the team proceed to investigate and try and get to the bottom of.

The Fringe crew consists of FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop and the quite brilliant creation that is his father, Walter Bishop. Walter, played expertly by John Noble, is like every mad scientist in the world wrapped into one wonderful character, and Fringe is often at its strongest when he’s is stage centre.

This first season of Fringe runs for 20 episodes, all of which are included on this set, and it does occasionally struggle to find its feet. That’s no surprise given the sho...
Fringe Season 1, 2010-09-07
This is a great series I have now seen season 2 and cant wait for season 3

It turns out that Russkie bird is a Cold War leftover equipped with live nuclear warheads, and the movie revs up to a rousing climax in which our heroes prove their mettle. But first the comedy: watching these codgers struggle to pass NASA's physical tests is a total hoot, with running gags about wrinkles, dentures, and oysters for sagging libidos. (Sutherland is the scene-s...
Clint and the boys having a ball., 2009-05-28
This rollicking piece of fun will make any mathematician wince. The celestial mechanics are entirely original,"Get halfway to the Moon and gravity will do the rest." Oh my! The idea of geriatrics in space will no doubt make NASA cry. But the point of this movie is comedy, and it is damned good comedy, even to that poignant moment when one man sacrifices himself so that everyone else can live. Eastwood has reached maturity with this film. Surely it is amusing nonsense, but it is solidly based on the precept that the obverse of comedy is tragedy. Eastwood is at his natural best when he abandons high drama for simple human relations. His grasp of human psychology is never better illustrated in this movie. A must-buy for every intelligent movie buff with a sense of humour.

Garrison is soon on the run, being hunted by his protege David Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland, whose 24 experience gives his performa...
Great, 2010-05-18
Gripping.
I liked this film at the cinema so just had to get the dvd. Gripping from start to finish. Michael Douglas does the suspence thriller really well.