Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 02/13/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Miramax
Telecast on American cable television as
Sweet Revenge, this wickedly
black comedy was produced for British TV under the title
The Revengers' Comedies, which was also the name of the
Alan Ayckbourn play collection upon which it was based. Late one night on London Bridge, two potential suicides meet.
Henry Bell (
Sam Neill) is a midlevel executive who has been unfairly fired by his office rival;
Karen Knightly (
Helena Bonham Carter) is a nutty heiress whose boyfriend has jilted her in favor of a bitchy American beauty. Forsaking their plans to kill themselves,
Henry and
Karen go the
Strangers on a Train route by agreeing to "swap" revenges:
Karen will dispose of
Henry's enemy,
Bruce Tick (
Steve Coogan), while
Henry will destroy
Karen's
bête noire,
Imogen Saxton-Billing (
Kristin Scott Thomas). A U.S./U.K./French co-production,
Sweet Revenge made its official debut over America's
Showtime network on September 24, 2000.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
