As per Peter Knegt, I understand the limited release of the really excellent, really edgy pitch-black comedy, Chris Morris’s “Four Lions,” went just okay this weekend. It certainly deserves better than that, though I’m guessing the marketing budget here is unusually low, as the film is being released by the brand new Alamo Drafthouse distribution division. Even though I missed the first 20 minutes when I saw it because of a film festival foul-up, I feel safe in saying it deserves to do at least as well as the similarly dark, biting, excellent, and moc-docky “In the Loop.”
Aside from the fact of the tough-sell in terms of making a comedy about a bunch of bumbling, all-too-human terrorists, part of the problem is that the trailer really doesn’t do the film any justice. This clip is great. However, trust me, there’s even better stuff in the film.
