a i write this in november 2005 i have become aware that the great british boom of cinema have come to an end and while people will claim much of this be down to the british government not give film maker tax break i think the cause be much simple a lack of diversity on the part of producer over the last few year . let have a look at what the brit be produce 1995 2005 representfunky gangster thriller . lock stock and two smoking barrales be a truly great and thoroughly entertaining film and people go out of their way to ape guy ritchie style with usually disappointing result romantic comedy . yeah okay i do realise four wedding and notting hill etc be produce by american studio but theyre still vaguely british film . unfortunately because theyre guarantee to make a profit for the studio they have to follow a winning formula which usually involve hugh grant play hugh grant for the umpteenth time black comedy . can anyone explain what a black comedy actually be . in the british context it usually a rambling film with often contemporary political statement make and which often resemble mike leigh naked jasmin disdar beautiful people be a good example of the third type of british movie . film in 1999 but set in 1993 it open with two men have a fight on a bus and it later reveal that one a serb and one a croat so we get a bite size rundown of what be happen in the balkan at that time and though what the odds of two former enemy in the balkan bump into each other on a london bus . this sum up one of the major flaw of the movie irony take precedence over likely situation and you can appreciate the final irony of the subplots but be the outcome likely . perhaps the great irony be the title of the film . it call beautiful people but certainly this audience member find them clichéd stereotypical people that i couldn not believe in as three dimensional character .