Cast elevate 'A Bunch of Amateurs'

Director: Andy Cadiff

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Imelda Staunton, Samantha Bond, Derek Jacobi

Cert: 15

Things are not quite what they seem for a fading Hollywood star (ironic typecasting for Reynolds) whose agent gets him a job playing King Lear in London.

Said fading star is much taken with the idea of playing the Bard’s work in one of London’s great theatres, but finds he’s been lumbered with an amateur production.

Brit Shakespearians like Staunton and Jacobi enjoy sending themselves up and Reynolds gets away – just about – with doing much the same as the fish-out-of-water ‘big name’ fallen on hard times.

Star Rating: 3/5