There are some sharp performances in this throwback to Sixties' British cinema, notably from Helena Bonham Carter as a sad and lonely spaced-out teenage aristocrat and Lynn Redgrave as an equally sad and lonely 45-year-old who fears the dark and craves companionship. Hero Jesse Birdsall is sad and lonely, too, in his way. A 31-year-old hairdresser who lives with his parents (but isn't gay), he's only concerned with getting it right - difficult when he's painfully shy with girls. And there's aggro at work with the caustic tongue of his bewigged boss (Peter Cook) who, told by complaining staff 'I've only got one pair of hands', cracks back 'Don't dazzle me with mathematics.' Birdsall is perhaps a shade too diffident as the hero to whom everything starts to happen at once. But this is a pleasant comedy with the right feel about its settings, and some wickedly funny lines. Chances are you'll get a warm feeling when Jesse does eventually get it right.


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