December 20, 2025

Perhaps because I’m a Scot of a certain age, but I did really quite enjoy this short coming-of-age comedy. Teenagers “John” (Tarek Hamad) and his best mate “Andy” (Ross Wright) always walk to the big school together in the morning. The former appears more physically developed than his pal, who is very much his mum’s favourite lad, and on this particular day the usual chat about “Return of the Jedi" focuses more on the impulses “Andy” feels when h… read the rest.

Perhaps because I’m a Scot of a certain age, but I did really quite enjoy this short coming-of-age comedy. Teenagers “John” (Tarek Hamad) and his best mate “Andy” (Ross Wright) always walk to the big school together in the morning. The former appears more physically developed than his pal, who is very much his mum’s favourite lad, and on this particular day the usual chat about “Return of the Jedi" focuses more on the impulses “Andy” feels when he sees “Princess Leia” in her skimpy golden bikini (remember when she is chained to “Jabba”). “John” just tells him that’s all natural and recalls his own slightly embarrassing “swelling” incident at the swimming pool. Thing is, though, one of the girls at school has taken quite a shine to “Andy” and is promising him a French kiss. He’s terrified. He doesn’t know what to do. He practices in front of the mirror. He practices on the mirror - all whilst his pal looks on teasingly. Then the big day arrives. They rendezvous. Next morning - well that’s the punchline that makes you squirm, or cringe, or both and is well worth the fifteen minute wait. It’s not often you get a humorous cinematic look at evolving manhood from the perspective of two adolescent boys, let alone a pair from Wigtonshire, but these two lads and some fresh and authentic dialogue make this quite a fun look at just how people nervously approach the skirmishes of their early sexual encounters at a time when naïveté was funny and social media induced cynicism less prevalent. "Curly hair? What curly hair? Curly hair doon there?"

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