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Sightseers. Image shows from L to R: Chris (Steve Oram), Tina (Alice Lowe). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Big Talk Productions
Sightseers

Sightseers

  • 2012 film

Chris and his girlfriend Tina travel around the country in their caravan, but it is not long before the dream goes sour. Stars Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, Tony Way, Eileen Davies, Roger Michael and more.

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Review: Sightseers

A killer in a cagoule? That is the unlikely but alluring prospect held out by Sightseers, a comedy of manners in which murder arrives out of the great blue yonder, usually in the vicinity of a caravan park.

Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 29th November 2012

Sightseers - review

Comedies don't come much darker than this chillingly distinctive caravan caper from the makers of Kill List.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 29th November 2012

Ben Wheatley's Sightseers: A caravan tour de force

Ben Wheatley is back with Sightseers - a blackly comic take on the British caravan holiday. But after the darkness of Kill Lis, he admits he's going for more laughs this time.

Tim Masters, BBC News, 28th November 2012

Sightseers: Film review

This should make stars of Steve Oram and Alice Lowe - previously best known for her work on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - but for a debut, it's their writing that's intriguing. Even though it's slightly flawed, it has to a contender for the best British comedy film of the year.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th November 2012

Apocalypse archives: Ben Wheatley, Sightseers director

The filmmaker tells us the top five films he'd save at the end of the world.

Gail Tolley, The List, 13th November 2012

Sightseers review

Outrageously funny British comedy about a duo on a killing spree.

Allan Hunter, The List, 5th November 2012

Sightseers - Four New Posters Released

Ben Wheatley's latest, Sightseers, is shaping up to be a doozy, a bleakly hilarious British Badlands or On The B-Road.

Phil de Semlyen, Empire, 11th October 2012

Video: World exclusive trailer for Sightseers

Watch the trailer for the new film from Ben Wheatley, director of Down Terrace and Kill List, who returns with another black comedy. Chris (Steve Oram) is treating his girlfriend, Tina (Alice Lowe) to a caravan tour of the British countryside. It's their dream short break, until other holiday-makers start to jangle Chris's nerves...

The Guardian, 28th August 2012

Smurf the Terrier from Sightseers wins the Palm Dog

The award for the best canine performance in any film at Cannes Film Festival went to Smurf the terrier from the film Sightseers.

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 25th May 2012

Cannes 2012: Sightseers, review

This this flesh-creepingly funny comedy about two holidaymakers whose caravanning trip inadvertently turns into a mass murder has the terrifying ring of truth.

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 25th May 2012

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