Countdown to Liquor Day

If you have yet to see any of the TV show or the last feature film, Trailer Park Boys may be hard to get into as the humour is extremely subtle and easy to miss, but don't let that dissuade you. The story is largely irrelevant but it follows three unemployed, alcoholic, pot-smoking trailer park residents in Canada who are in and out of jail for drug dealing and petty robberies. After hundreds of stupid ploys to get rich quick, Julian (the one with a rum and coke in a glass with ice in EVERY scene, even whilst performing the robbery, which although we've come to expect still cracks me up) convinces his mates they can dress up as bank security guards and clean out the safe by imitating the weekly cash pickup. Their home-made uniforms are an absolute joke; bullet-proof vests made of cardboard wrapped in black gaffer tape that were so silly I almost hoped they would work. The film leads up to this robbery but focuses more on their day-to-day lives like the heinously alcoholic park owner, Lahey, who tries to destroy anything they set out to do. Mind you I don't think I've ever seen an actor play a crazy drunk as well as John Dunsworth, I'm not easily fooled but I think he may actually be tanked in these scenes. Other characters who are getting stoned genuinely look the part; and the films documentary style really makes you believe every second. Highly recommended if you are keen on dry intelligent humour.