Four Weddings voted Best Brit-Flick

JP Liz

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Four Weddings and a Funeral has beaten off stiff competition to be named the best British movie of all time.
The poll also saw Sir Sean Connery and Sir Anthony Hopkins sharing the title of Britain's favourite actor while Dame Judi Dench was named best actress.
Richard Curtis's 1994 romantic comedy took 22 per cent of the vote in the poll beating Monty Python's Life of Brian by just 1 per cent.
The film made a star of its leading actor Hugh Grant and his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley who wore a daring black Versace dress - held together with gold safety pins - to the premiere.
Grant - who came fourth in the poll for best actor -played commitment-phobe Charles who realises he is in love with Carrie played by Hollywood actress Andie MacDowell.
Life of Brian's mixture of comedy and religious themes prompted controversy when it was released in 1979.
It tells the story of Brian Cohen played by Graham Chapman who is born in the manger next to Jesus and spends his life being mistaken for the Messiah.
Third was Trainspotting with 15 per cent of the vote.
The film, which followed a group of friends in Edinburgh, was controversial because of its graphic depiction of heroin use.
Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, made it into fourth place with 10 per cent and Guy Ritchie's gangster film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels came fifth with 8 per cent.

Personally i think Four Weddings and a Funeral is one of the worst movies ever

sfhawke7w

think four weddings is crap, love actually far better chick flick. but best british film? what about braveheart? have never really been a fan of british films but the last couple of years some good ones.

lock stock - good film but will guy ritchie ever give us anything as good again?

casino royale - one of my favourite films ever (but am biased daniel craig)

monty pythons - brill

heyjude

I think "voted" is the key word here. Four Weddings is pretty funny the first time you see it, but best ever.....I don't think so.

Monty Python is great, but my personal favourite is 'The Long Good Friday' with Bob Hoskins. Lock, Stock etc is good too.

As for Casino Royale, I wouldn't even rate that as the best Bond film not talking about the Greatest Ever British Film, still it takes all sorts!

I wonder if when they were doing this poll they asked the voters to name their favourite film or were they given a list from which they could choose their favourite ? If it was the latter then that may explain things a bit.

MoominPapa

JP Liz wrote: »

Personally i think Four Weddings and a Funeral is one of the worst movies ever

In fairness Notting Hill is much, much worse

Predhead

I'd go with Hot Fuzz myself!

FWAAF is garbage. As is Love Actually, horrendous.

faceman

Id question the poll and demographics of the voters. Im not saying it was a dodgy poll, but it may not have representated the UK film goers fairly.

mike65

And who was polled, the readership of Chat? Okay? Empire?

Another fine example of golfish memory syndrome, LOB only gets on the list cos its of notorious history I bet.

Mike.

Nolanger

Another dumbed down poll for people who only watch movies from the last decade or so.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

a matter of life and death, ftw!

june, JUNE!

Wacker

I'd have gone with The Third Man, but I wouldn't expect many people to vote for that. I am shocked that it came higher than Trainspotting though.

Vic Vinegar

Four Weddings? holy f**k! it's up there with the 13th Warrior for sh1tness in my opinion.....

I would have voted for a good film given the chance. Maybe the question was - what's your favourite British comedy of the nineties that starred Hugh "blow job from ugly hooker" Grant and had lots of matrimony and a slight case of death....

faceman

mountain lips wrote: »

Four Weddings? holy f**k! it's up there with the 13th Warrior for ****ness in my opinion.....

Random yet funny!

Charlie

You can't really narrow it down to one, as the Brits have done some fantastic work over many genres, but any of Shane Meadows flicks would be up there.

Vic Vinegar

charlie mchugh wrote: »

You can't really narrow it down to one, as the Brits have done some fantastic work over many genres, but any of Shane Meadows flicks would be up there.

Yeah, Dead Mans Shoes especially!

Who's that wide headed guy in your sig?

deisebabe

you have got to be kidding. i'm going with hot fuzz as well....what about shaun of the dead? classic!

madrab

i actually really like 4 weddings, thought it was really funny

Parrish_Crooks

Human Traffic, Trainspotting, The Business, Sunshine, Adutthood..... Just a few that are leagues ahead of Four weddings.