"I think my grandmother would definitely had packed some sandwiches for everybody if she had gone on a kidnapping mission, so that made me smile"

This quintessentially British rom com featuring flirty ex-couple Kate (Emma Thompson) and Richard (Pierce Brosnan) is part humour, part action and punctuated by face palms.

It’s an unlikely crew of protagonists. But also newly retired middle-class grown ups in idyllic parts of England can end up going on a diamond-stealing heist in the south of France, according to this wacky yet contemporary plot. Yet, the sparks between the long-time divorced couple remains the ultimate tension of the movie.

Richard and Kate join forces to rob a French man who ran Richard’s company to the ground and stole their pension pot. With plenty of luck, and with a little help from their friends, played by Celia Imrie and Timothy Spall, they go on a rock climbing, wedding-crashing, gun-firing, kidnapping and car chasing spree in France.

It’s a complete farce of a film. The characters are nicely played but my laughter was often muddled with embarrassment. Being hit on the head with a volleyball and other slapstick situations are mildly tickling. Still, I thought there was a lot of endearing moments. They poked some fun at the middle aged agents. I think my grandmother would definitely had packed some sandwiches for everybody if she had gone on a kidnapping mission, so that made me smile. As the film debuts in time for the Easter weekend I figure it could be a popular choice for a family outing.

Through a flakey plot of random but fortunate events, there are some undertones of maturity about love, written into the script by Emma Thompson. Wisdom about reconciliation and the different shades of love, that lingers after the face palms and funny wigs are forgotten.