Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a low budget British science fiction comedy, reminds me of the recent Fanboys movie. It's a well intentioned, high concept comedy that isn't all that funny.
FAQ is certainly well cast with Chris O'Dowd (from The IT Crowd) and Dean Lennox Kelly (Being Human)and a third, less talented bloke, as friends who find a time portal in the bog of their local pub. The alway watchable Anna Faris has a quiet (for her) cameo as a future person sent to help the hapless heroes. Hilarity ensues. Not.
You can tell the performers are trying, the story is clever (in a way that only time travel stories are) and the limited budget is stretched without looking cheap (great SFX). But the humour doesn't reall work...both from a lacking in the script and direction department.
However, like Fanboys, it does have the major plus of having maximum respect for the science fiction genre. There's tons of movie references, it name drops the masters (Bradbury) and it playfully reveals the turmoil of living as a geek in a modern world. Now that really IS a good reason to make a movie.
