Faintheart (DVD)

I participate in historical re-enactments. I dress in amusing olde-worlde costume and enact battles and living history from days gone by. So naturally when I heard there was a comedy about re-enactment I was interested. I borrowed it off a friend, a fellow re-enactor who said it was very good indeed. I was sceptical; films aren't always very accepting of geeky hobbies like this, so I had my doubts. Faintheart follows Richard (Eddie Marsan), a Viking re-enactor and a family man whose family have just about had enough of his re-enactments. The opening scene, while very funny, serves to show that Richard is a bit of a hapless manchild; he forgot about his ...  Read the complete review