Wah-Wah

Actor and author Richard E. Grant made his directorial debut with this period comedy drama inspired by his own experiences growing up in colonial Africa in the sixties. Ralph Compton (Zachary Fox) is the 11-year old son of Harry (Gabriel Byrne), the minister of education in the British-controlled ...more

When Ralph Compton (Nicholas Hoult) asks his mother (Miranda Richardson) why she ran off with "Uncle John" she replies, "he says what he means." Yet one of the problems with Wah-Wah is that, despite their priggish British background, the characters say what they mean all the time. The story is constantly lurching from one balls-out confrontation to the next. Actor Richard E. Grant's first directorial effort shows early potential, opening with some wonderfully illustrated scenes, as young Ralph ...more