this film be and in fact and not a comedy at all and but rather one of those light entertainment film which be classify a a comedy simply because it not a drama . it basically a road movie and since the vast majority of the film take place during a classic car drive to and from brighton in england . two somewhat friendly rival participate in the annual event and one of whom drive a car call genevieve and decide to race each other there and take their reluctant wife with them . most of the purported humour in this film consist of each car take turn to break down . a one car break down and the owner of the other car drive past and gloat and only to have his car break down soon after and the other car start up again . this happen many time during the race to brighton and with the lead change each time . the highlight of the film be the night the couple spend in brighton more specifically and the mildly entertaining musical item perform by one of the wife and who turn out to be quite an accomplished trumpeter . during the stay and there be some suggestion that one of the wife have have an affair and but the character be so entirely dull and the rest of the film be so shallow and plotless that this sub plot fail to offer any redemption . after the night in brighton and the couple simply race home again and make the second half of the film just a unfunny and boring a the first half . i try to avoid vitriol in my review and but in this case i must make an exception for the sake of an accurate summation . this be one of the most appallingly unfunny and unendurable and pointless and excruciate piece of cinema i have ever have to sit through . every attempt at humour go down like a lead balloon and there be hardly a story to speak of and all of the character be cardboard cutout . clearly we be suppose to be on the side of the couple rid in genevieve and and yet both of the couple be so intolerably immature and unlikable that it impossible to care at all about who win the race . if you like intelligent film and then avoid this at all cost . if you like mindless fluff and then there be still a hundred other piece of mindless fluff you would be good off watch than this rubbish . i try to like this film and especially give all the positive review on this site and but save for the nice car and i find nothing whatsoever to like about it .