Keep that frown upside down: Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is d’pits

MRS Brown’s Boys D’Movie: At least on the small screen, the pain from Brendan O’Connell’s crass-quipping cross-dresser is confined to a relatively merciful half-hour.

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie.

A CONSUMMATELY dreadful movie adaptation of the intermittently awful TV comedy series from Ireland.

Those who can’t get enough of Brendan O’Connell’s crass-quipping cross-dresser from Dublin will get their fill with Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, and then some.

Everyone else should say their prayers now that they will never be trapped in a godforsaken place where this is the only viewing option available.

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Brendan O’Connell as Mrs Brown in a scene from the movie adaptation of the TV comedy.

Thematic content sharpened to snap a funny bone like a twig includes the following observations (repeated on several occasions, just in case you were born without an attention span).

Asian people don’t really speak English very well. Neither do Russians, or for that matter, most other foreigners.

The blind can often be very clumsy indeed. Gay men love wearing pastel-coloured mankinis, just like Borat used to. It is very easy to mistake an Indian for a Jamaican.

Most importantly of all, in the mind of star and creator Brendan O’Connell, the only thing dirtier in this world than a dirty old man is a dirty old lady.

Like a bottle of Baileys past its use-by date and left in the sun, the gags are either on the nose or in bad taste throughout.

Agnes Brown must protect her market stall from a ruthless developer in the film.

At least on the small screen, the pain is confined to a relatively merciful half-hour. At feature-film length, everything goes white and time itself stands still. No.

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie (M)

Director: Ben Kellett (feature debut)

Starring: Brendan O’Connell, Jennifer Gibney, Eilish O’Carroll, Paddy Houlihan

Verdict: Half a star. Keep that frown upside down

Originally published as Keep that frown upside down: Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is d’pits