Michael Winterbottom
- English
- Writer and director
Press clippings
Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom on making 24 Hour Party People
"We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse," says the film's director, Michael Winterbottom. "It was chaos - people were crying because they were so nostalgic".
Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 6th February 2023The Trip To Greece is Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan's last outing as micro-upped versions of themselves, commissioned to jaunt with wit and impunity, and eat daringly expensive, mouthwatering food, around the loveliest locations in Europe, by something called the Observer. (I bloody wish. Even Jay Rayner has to keep the bus receipts to break even, and regurgitate neglected starters to the newsdesk like a cormorant.)
And it's all very spoilt and very lovely, with just-so direction by Michael Winterbottom and music by Michael Nyman, but it's probably about time for a lie-down for this unlikeliest of hits. The impressions-off still impress - the pair, sitting outside the Hotel Lesbian, imaging Moore-as-Bond faced in the 70s with a lesbian - evinced guilty chortles, but even Coogan ponders whether they should still be trying Ronnie Corbett. The tiny premise is recreating Homer's Odyssey, so we get way too much bloody Byron, but also some teeny and huggable knowledge and insights amid swank hotels and to-die-for balcony lunches.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 8th March 2020Greed - The Devil is in the retail
Told in mockumentary style flashbacks, we see Coogan's McCreadie making his way in the fashion world and declaring his shops 'dreadful' using various obscenities.
Jazzy Janey, A Dose Of David Mitchell, 2nd March 2020Film review: Greed
Despite the censoring, Greed gets its message across, and leaves you thinking about it a long time after you walk out of the cinema - food for thought indeed.
Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 28th February 2020Film review: Greed
Satire sowing the rise and fall of a high street fashion gladiator. Remind you of anyone?
Adam Zawadzki, The Edinburgh Reporter, 26th February 2020Film reviews: Greed
Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom largely manage to balance finger-wagging with rib-tickling in Greed, which explores the life and business of an amoral billionaire.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 24th February 2020Review: Greed
The film isn't subtle in its approach; on the contrary, it goes in with all guns blazing and neatly obliterates its chosen targets.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd February 2020Greed review
Coogan shines as a deal-driving penny-pinching bully in this pointed satire.
BBC, 22nd February 2020Greed review
Michael Winterbottom's comedy drama opens with a scene of Caroline Flack, the late television presenter, handing over a big cheque to the wealthy wife of a rich businessman while his poorly paid minions look on.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22nd February 2020Review: Greed
As one wonders how much this film overlaps with Coogan and Winterbottom's upcoming Trip To Greece in terms of inspiration, one also wonders if the actor is keeping a little powder dry for his future #MeToo comedy-drama with Solemani on Channel 4.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 21st February 2020