Wiseman, Andreas (15 September 2011). "The Inbetweeners Movie: Anatomy of a UK hit". Screendaily.com . Retrieved 20 January 2014. Will,on Simon’s fashion show get-up: “Speedos, DMs, top hat and a leash? What maniac designed that and thought ‘I know what’s fashionable; dressing up as an upper class mental patient!’?” (Photo: Channel 4) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy tops UK box office". BBC News. 20 September 2011 . Retrieved 10 August 2014.

But this clever second spinoff from the E4 sitcom has its own contribution to make to the correction of cinematic cliches. Its brilliance lies in the fusion of two contradictory ingredients. The coming-of-age movie is all about change, evolution, growth. The sitcom formula, on the other hand, is its direct antithesis. The effectiveness of a sitcom depends on nothing happening each week, in 30-minute increments. All the greatest examples, from Steptoe and Son and The Office to Seinfeld and Veep, thrive on stagnation and stasis. The characters are trapped and thwarted. What's more, they know it. The comedy emerges from the slow curdling of idealism and ambition into seething despair and resentment. It's funnier than it sounds. In the Herald Sun, Leigh Paatsch gave the film one star. He criticised the casting, describing the main characters as "supposed to be aged about 20 [but] played by blokes who all look as if they’re 30-plus, and carry on as if they’re not yet 10", and also found the film misogynistic, saying "the derogatory manner in which women are spoken of (and often depicted) is relentlessly, callously crass. Sometimes even hateful". [40] A mixed review from Philippa Hawker of the Sydney Morning Herald concluded "The Australian elements seem hastily inserted and incidental: the movie could have been set in any country that had a water park and a place to get lost. But as a hymn to male bonding, and an exploration of the comic possibilities of what happens when a turd hits a water slide, The Inbetweeners 2 is a precisely crafted, assured piece of work". [41] Home media [ edit ] Due to being released in 2009, it only covers the first two series of The Inbetweeners. Its cover is similar to The Inbetweeners Series 1 DVD cover and title screen from all three series. a b "Carry on in Oz: Inbetweeners 2 still at the top of UK box office". The Guardian. 19 August 2014 . Retrieved 19 August 2014. a b c "Inbetweeners sets box-office benchmark for UK comedy". BBC News. 23 August 2011 . Retrieved 10 August 2014.A first draft for The Inbetweeners Movie was completed before the third series was even written. The story remained mostly similar besides small changes such as a scene in which Jay hires a motorbike, pretending he knows how to ride it, but failing by crashing into a wall. This scene was removed during the writing process for the third series as the pair needed a humorous way to open the episode and thought the motor bike scene would be better suited to the episode than the movie. How much LEGO can you get up your bum? Didn’t you do it as a kid? Just a triangle one and a long one? Maybe a few singles?” – Neil

a b Young, Graham (6 August 2014). "Film Review: The Inbetweeners 2 (15)". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 8 August 2014. Toomey, Matthew (12 August 2014). "Review: The Inbetweeners 2". The Film Pie . Retrieved 15 August 2014. The Inbetweeners Movie 2 officially confirmed for August 2014 release". digitalspy.co.uk. 2 August 2013 . Retrieved 3 August 2013.It's a comforting narrative that carries biblical echoes of the fall from grace. It is also, as anyone not living in a movie will attest, largely hogwash. There is no single moment that turns the child into the adult as definitively as throwing the light switch in a darkened room. That is why two current and very different coming-of-age movies represent reprieves of a sort from this mode of storytelling. The film premiered at Leicester Square, London, on 5 August 2014. [28] In Australia it was distributed by Roadshow Entertainment [1] and released on 21 August. [29] The same company took the film to New Zealand a week later. [1] Box office [ edit ] Jay, on the Duke of Edinburgh Award: “You’ve got to be f***ing joking! There’s no way I’m gonna get bummed by some royal bloke on a mountain.” (Photo: Channel 4) a b "The Inbetweeners 2 becomes UK's biggest film hit of 2014". BBC News. 11 August 2014 . Retrieved 11 August 2014.