Confetti

Confetti, like the majority of its mockumentary brethren, doesn’t have a whole lot to offer in terms of laughs or even character development, and the film consequently can’t help but come off as an exercise in pointlessness (ie we know none of this is real, so why should we care?) The film follows three unreasonably quirky couples as they attempt to win a splashy grand prize by designing increasingly over-the-top marriage ceremonies, much to the amusement/horror of two stereotypically homosexual wedding planners. Though there are a few funny bits spread very thinly throughout Confetti‘s running time, the film generally feels as though it’s trying awfully hard to elicit laughs from the viewer (how else to explain the inclusion of a ridiculous sequence towards the end involving a tennis-themed ceremony?) And while the majority of the performances are surprisingly effective – special mention must go to Robert Webb and Olivia Coleman, both of whom spend most of the movie completely naked – there’s simply no denying that Confetti often feels like a short that’s been unnaturally expanded to feature length.

** out of ****