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Dandilicious (2021)
Missed Opportuntiy
Had high hopes for this film. Teddy Boy culture is such an iconic part of our culture that it deserves an equally iconic film treatment. This, however, is not it. A meandering, confused, unengaging plot with two dimensional characters and badly written dialogue. It's also hard to immerse yourself in the period setting of 1959 as there's so many intrusions from the modern day that could easily have been omitted. Air conditioners, LED Christmas lights, even the police sirens (presumably added in post production) are all wrong for the period. A highly stylised re-interpretation of the Teds could have been a great approach to recreating the world of the Teds on a budget however, this, if anything, is not stylised enough. Visually, there's not a coherent visual identity (just adding a grainy filter is not a visual identity) throughout the film. Overall, a swing and a miss.