Sightseers

Plot

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

Release Year: 2012

Rating: 6.7/10 (5,474 voted)

Director: Ben Wheatley

Storyline

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

Writers: ,

Taglines:
Evil has a knitted jumper.

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Filming Locations: Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK

Technical Specs

Runtime:
88 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The Blue John Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. The cavern takes its name from the semi-precious mineral Blue John, which is still mined in small amounts outside the tourist season and made locally into jewellery. The miners who work the remaining seams are also the guides for underground public tours. The eight working seams are known as Twelve Vein, Old Dining Room, Bull Beef, New Dining Room, Five Vein, Organ Room, New Cavern and Landscape. See more »

Goofs:

Early in the film, when Tina's hair is being brushed by her mother, there is a cut to Tina with her mother visible behind her. Although we can hear her talking, her mouth is shut. See more »

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User Review

A Sight for Sore Eyes

Rating: 8/10


Ben Wheatley provides one of the year's darkest and funniest comedies
in this tale of true love, caravans and dead bodies.

Ever since her terrier Poppy died in a bizarre knitting accident, Tina
(Darkplace's Alice Lowe) has lived a sheltered life with her mother.
New boyfriend Chris (Steve Oram) decides to show her his world and
takes her on a self-proclaimed "erotic odyssey" in his caravan to such
wonders as the Crich Tramway Museum, Ribblehead Viaduct and, of course,
Keswick Pencil Museum. But with litterbug, National Trust snobs and
feral youths running rampant, Tina and Chris inadvertently leave a
trail of dead bodies in their wake, as their holiday continues to
spiral out of control.

Steve Oram heads up the fantastic cast as the muted, yet brutal, Chris,
complementing Alice Lowe's awkward, yet creepy, Tina perfectly.
However, the real star is the special effects, which provide some of
the most realistic and memorable on screen deaths of the year. The
unsettling, albeit hilarious, performances of the two leads is mirrored
in the soundtrack, a mix of cheery '80s pop songs and a haunting
minimalist score.

Shot in the beautiful Lake District, director Ben Wheatley uses
lingering shots and slow-mo in an innovative way, making his comedy
edgy whilst poignant. No doubt, this is a very British black comedy.
Wheatley shows directorial flair, but reigns it in from his previous
work Kill List, leading to a much tighter film, with a concentration on
the biting wit of the script.

Sightseers, overall, plays out like a cross between Bonnie & Clyde and
In Bruges, leading to a perfect pitch-black comedy that's not for the
faint hearted.