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Brian and Charles review – a very British robot story

David Earl and Chris Hayward’s moving buddy comedy about a man who builds a companion in his shed has charm to spare

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The Film Review

so, look, here's the thing. this grew out of, firstly, an internet radio show and then, a stand—up act and then, a short film in 2017, which is about their relationship. this guy is so lonely that he kind of builds himself a companion and the companion looks ridiculous. it's a big box with a small head that calls itself charles. and, ok, on one level, that shouldn't work at all but it does, and it works for two reasons. firstly, the film isn't about robots. what it's about is companionship and friendship and the universal need to have companionship and friendship. and secondly, an awful lot of it is to do with, look, you either buy into this or you don't, and at first when you look at it, you think, "that is the most absurd robot i've ever seen!" but then that absurdity becomes childlike, and when charles goes out into the garden, for example, he says, "how far does the outside go? "does it go beyond the tree?"

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The Film Review

with interior thought, you have to find a way of doing that on film. i could have lived with a little less of the... "0k, just cheeky!" it's got the kind of diverse casting that made david copperfield so exciting and the performances are all really good. cosmojarvis is, i think, a fantastic actor. dakota johnson does fine, wrestles with the accent a little bit. it feels very surface—y. and jane austen fans got very cross when they saw the trailer, and the trailer is pretty much the tone of the film. the trailer is even more flippant than the film itself but it's kind of passably entertaining for what it is with some great performances, but it really doesn't have any depth at all. although, that said, put it next to thor: love and thunder and it's war and peace. it's a masterpiece! i mean, it looks beautiful but i felt i didn't — yes, didn't know what to say much more, apart from that. but that's the thing. when what you say about it is, "it looks beautiful." what that means is... 0k. now, brian and charles,

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The Film Review

i have not seen, and i'm so interested, because i'm kind of intrigued by this. so, touchingly absurdist comedy about a lonely man living in a cottage in the welsh valleys. he makes inventions, and one day, he finds a mannequin�s head and he takes into his inventor�s workshop with a washing machine and he comes out with a robot that calls itself charles petrescu, with whom he develops a strange and, i have to say, rather wonderfully touching father—son relationship. here's a clip. we're just boiling cabbage and chilling out. can i have some now, please? no, no, no. you wait for dindons. so impatient! what are you doing?! are you dancing? are you dancing for me? that's nice. that's nice! oh, look at those hips! look at those hips! watch me go!

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Sportsday

i mean, it looks beautiful but i felt i didn't — yes, didn't know what to say much more, apart from that. but that's the thing. when what you say about it is, "it looks beautiful." what that means is... 0k. now, brian and charles, i have not seen, and i'm so interested, because i'm kind of intrigued by this. so, touchingly absurdist comedy about a lonely man living in a cottage in the welsh valleys. he makes inventions, and one day, he finds a mannequin�s head and he takes into his inventor�s workshop with a washing machine and he comes out with a robot that calls itself charles petrescu, with whom he develops a strange and, i have to say, rather wonderfully touching father—son relationship. here's a clip. we're just boiling cabbage and chilling out. can i have some now, please? no, no, no. you wait for dindons. so impatient!

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Sportsday

day of the year so far, as much of the uk swelters in the sun. all the day's sport coming up on sportsday but first on bbc news, the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's releases, as you see, is mark kermode. hi again, mark. and what do you have for us this week? well, hopefully something for everyone. we have thor: love and thunder — another superhero movie. we have a new version of persuasion coming to netflix. and brian and charles, a robot movie with a difference. i'm intrigued about number three. good.

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Sportsday

what are you doing?! are you dancing? are you dancing for me? that's nice. that's nice! oh, look at those hips! look at those hips! watch me go! so, look, here's the thing. this grew out of, firstly, an internet radio show and then, a stand—up act and then, a short film in 2017, which is about their relationship. this guy is so lonely that he kind of builds himself a companion and the companion looks ridiculous. it's a big box with a small head that calls itself charles. and, ok, on one level, that shouldn't work at all but it does, and it works for two reasons. firstly, the film isn't about robots. what it's about is companionship and friendship and the universal need to have companionship and friendship. and secondly, an awful lot of it is to do with, look, you either buy into this

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Sportsday

or you don't, and at first when you look at it, you think, "that is the most absurd robot i'v e v e r se e n p. but then that absurdity becomes childlike, and when charles goes out into the garden, for example, he says, "how far does the outside go? "does it go beyond the tree?" and i was thinking of room — you know, the questions that are asked with the young survivor of room. oh, yes — yes. and there is a kind of innocence to it. now, obviously, in expanding it from a short film to a feature film, they have to introduce an element of danger. there's a kind of local guy who terrorises the community. there's a love interest. and all these things work really well, but what really makes it sing is that it's about when you're so lonely that you literally build a friend. yes. and there are elements of, i think, wizard of oz, elements of the tin man from wizard of oz. if you've seen films like marjorie prime or robot & frank, i think there are elements of that, but it's really unique. it's very, very distinctive.

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The Film Review

here's a clip. they're just boiling cabbage and chilling out. can i have some now, please? no, no, no. you wait for dindons. so impatient! what are you doing?! are you dancing? are you dancing for me? that's nice. that's nice! oh, look at those hips! look at those hips! watch me go! so, look, here's the thing. this group out of, firstly, an internet radio show and then a standup act and then a short film in 2017, which is about their relationship. this guy is so lonely that he kind of builds himself a companion, and the companion looks ridiculous. it's a big box with a small head that calls itself charles. and, ok, on one level, that shouldn't work at all, but it does, and it works for two reasons.

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