The best David Troughton’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best David Troughton’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about David Troughton.
Nina Forever
5.6/10
Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with his dead girlfriend Nina, who comes back, bloody and broken, every time they make love
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
8.5/10
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
ChickLit
4.6/10
ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a 'mummy porn' novel in the style of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and it gets snapped up. The only snag is that the publisher insists that the young woman 'author' does press and publicity. The guys have to keep their involvement a secret and so engage an out of work actress to 'role play' the part of the author. This leads to her becoming the star in the film of the book, the tables are turned on the guys and she is in control - leaving them with the awful prospect of having to secretly churn out sex novels for the foreseeable future.
Frank & Mary
An elderly DIY enthusiast reanimates his recently deceased wife in the garden shed.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
6.5/10
Multicultural version of the Shakespearean tale Twelth Night, Made in modern day society featuring Anglo-Indian cast.
The Man of Destiny
7.3/10
One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it features a battle of wits between Napoleon Bonaparte and a mysterious, daring woman who has stolen his documents. Can she really challenge the strategic mind of a general still celebrating a famous victory?
The Last Detective
A disrespected but decent British detective unravels a 20 year old murder case about a missing seventeen year old girl while trying to deal with the breakup of his marriage.
