Consuming Passions Movie Review 1988

A ribald, food-obsessed English comedy about a young idiot who rises within the hierarchy of a chocolate company via murder. You'll never guess what the secret ingredient in his wonderful chocolate is. Based on a play by Michael Palin and Terry Jones (better known as part of the Monty Python troupe), the film is sometimes funny, more often gross, and takes a single joke far beyond its limit.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Corporate Shenanigans, Cannibalism, Monty Python

Screenplay

Michael Palin, Andrew Davies, Paul Zimmerman

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, Tyler Butterworth, Freddie Jones, Prunella Scales, Sammi Davis, Thora Hird, John Wells, William Rushton, Timothy West

Director

Giles Foster

Producer

Euston Films, Samuel Goldwyn Company