
That title is so superbly naff, it’s impossible not to chuckle – or indeed prevent the dulcet tones of Neil Diamond earworming “Sweeeeede Caroline!” right into the centre of your brain. Sadly after that, any joy evaporates within the first 20 minutes.
It’s cucumbers at dawn in this mockumentary about the cut-throat world of competitive vegetable growing. Everyone has read those articles about an eccentric allotment botherer who’s grown a turnip the size of Benidorm only for it to be sabotaged by a rival gang of Zimmer frame-wielding pensioners.