This is apparently based on Tristram Shandy, which has been on the Enormous Pile of Unread Books for many a long year. Having never read TS I can’t say whether they did justice or not to the text, but it was quite funny and very mad and anarchic, so on its own terms, it was very good.

Unlike many rather arty films, this was gripping. It is however, very English in its language and all its reference points, so I can’t see it would appeal to The World at all. It is rather unfortunate that we recognise all our favourite actors and start saying: is Ron Weasley’s Dad meant to be an actor, part of the crew, or himself? Or are these multi-level recognitions part of the whole experience of the intentional unreality of the thing??

In short, it is all jolly puzzling. So I want to watch it again.