thegreatmoviereview

 When Leigh Francis (in his guise as Keith Lemon) announced that he would be making a feature length film even his biggest fans were left scratching their heads. As a comedian who has made his name in sketch shows and hosting quizzes, it seemed strange that he would choose to take on silver screen. Only it isn’t strange, not from the perspective of a film studio. Last year The Inbetweeners showed that given the right story, the right set of characters and the right release date, the British cinema-going public were willing to follow their TV heroes into the Multiplexes. So with Keith Lemon, star of Celebrity Juice, Lemon-aid and Lemon La Vida Loca , it seems logical the nation’s favourite TV character can translate to a bigger format with bigger financial gains. So Keith Lemon: The film is the rags to riches tale of aspiring Leeds-based businessman Keith Lemon. Arrogant, stupid and ginger (sorry, strawberry-blonde.) Rather than grow his securi-pole business organically from Leeds he de