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John Barrowman mocks backlash after demanding refund for M Night Shyalaman’s Old in expletive-filled rant
John Barrowman really wasn’t a fan of Old (Picture: Rex)
John Barrowman has responded after he was criticised for slamming M Night Shyalaman’s latest movie Old and demanding a refund.
The Torchwood actor reportedly posted and deleted an expletive-filled rant about Old, a thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly.
John, 54, and his husband Scott Gill were thoroughly unimpressed with the feature film and branded it ‘utter s***e’ while even tagging Shyalaman and Universal Pictures.
In the deleted clip obtained by The Sun, John said: ‘We just came back from the movies, we saw Old, and it was utter s***e, utter s***e.
‘So bad I got up and asked for our money back, and what did I get? I got the money back.
‘They said “Usually within the first 30 minutes we give the money back”. The movie didn’t do anything for two frickin’ hours, it was s***e!’
Scott chimed in: ‘It was a bit of an endurance really.’
John then continued: ‘An endurance we will never get back, two hours of our life. It was s***e – don’t bother going to see it.’
The former Doctor Who star also wrote in the tweet: ‘@MNightShyamalan #Old @UniversalPics what a waste of money and an utter s***e movie.
‘We get the metaphors but we still got a refund! We were so disappointed. Don’t waste your time or money going to see it.’
Many called the couple’s comments ‘distasteful’ and criticised them for claiming a refund.
Hours later, John and Scott filmed another video which appeared to take aim at their critics subliminally by reviewing the animation Trolls.
John tweeted: ‘TROLLS! We just Love #Trolls !! Hours of Entertainment and highly recommended. (No Big Chain Cinemas were harmed in the making of this review).’
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In the video, the couple joked they had chosen Trolls ‘following the popularity of our last movie review’.
After removing the review of Old, John also joked in another tweet: ‘Weirdly my tweet about the movie #old keeps getting deleted and I don’t know why? Jb.’
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