i admit to a secret admiration of the original love thy neighbour tv show mostly because they exhibit the kind of exuberant brashness and bad taste synonymous with so many programme of their era but i would be lie through my teeth ( very uncomfortable position ) if i pretend that this big screen spin off be anything other than an abomination . the opening scene of wanton vandalism be not only pointless but baffling as well it never explain why the film open with a track shot of people trash each other house and nothing improves from there . by the time the film unearths the old joke in the book the horrible dragon of a mother in law turn up unexpectedly to stay be follow by the crashingly obvious revelation that she develop a soft spot for the black neighbour father and move her bigoted son to ever great depth of self righteous and ignorant rage and most discerning viewer will have switch off . take that a a warning and unless youre keen on cheapskate spin offs with terrible act and static direction and the overall comic flair of a burning orphanage .