The Paul Potts biopic features Tony-winner James Corden, who plays the nerve-wracked opera singer. He is the best thing about this mediocre movie (It is rumored that he will succeed Craig Ferguson on the Late Late Show) . The comedy is TV movie-type cheesy, though I admit some of the jokes are quite funny. The Welsh accents are spot on. Maybe that's what was so entertaining. As an ardent Britain's Got Talent fan, I was disappointed to find that the majority of Potts's time on talent show was omitted from his story. We get to watch a glimpse of his audition, with clips edited in from the actual audition of the judges (that means no one plays Simon, Piers, Amanda, or Ant and Dec)--Amanda gets teary eyed. Potts struggled to follow his dream, then when he finally finds success on Britain's Got Talent, the movie ends. Wish we could have basked in that success a little longer.
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