I find this film refreshingly different and very funny so its guaranteed to cheer me up and give me a good laugh. I think its also a remarkable performance by Simon where Roderick, so suave and sophisticated at the start of the film goes through various transformations before finding himself. For me, the whole film is very close to being a farce, but it just falls short of that thanks to Simon who always stays just the right side of the line, making Rod believable. But despite the irreverent humour, I think this film has a serious moral message, that having sex and sharing a life with someone you love is more rewarding than lots of sex with strangers. It explores how it might feel for a man to live out all his sexual fantasies, and also how it feels for a man not to be able to have sex with the woman he thinks he loves. This fantasy life makes Roderick very unhappy to the extent that he gives up on life, as we see in the cafe scene with Death Nell.
Some of my favourite moments are:
When Rod shakes himself after being barged by the boys, and also the crackling noise and "Bad connection" moment.
The happy dance down the stairs before he realises the awful truth about Cynthia Rose.
Burying the list in the garden. I love this scene with Trixie 'It's a piece of paper, not a body'. She's great, I really enjoyed her relationship with Rod.
After the White Room, when Roderick plumps down on the settee and we see his face gradually transform from a look of horror to delight. This is my favourite scene from the whole movie - pure genius.
