It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The Big Tease is a surprisingly fun little movie about hairdressing as a competitive art form. This is done in the fake documentary form as Drop Dead Gorgeous was. The plots between the two movies were pretty similar, showing the competitive nature between the hair stylists or the beauty pageant contestants.Crawford Mackenzie (Craig Ferguson) is the up and coming gay hair stylist from Glasgow, Scotland who has received an invitation to compete in Los Angeles for the coveted "Platinum Scissors" award. Mackenzie is delighted and gets a documentary crew together to document the events, which, as you might assume, will get a little embarrassing to be documented. The first mishap to take place is the fact that his credit card has been maxed out, unexpected to Mackenzie because he believed the participants expenses were taken care of. Second, he finds out that he was not invited to compete, but to watch. That would be pretty embarrassing in itself, but Mackenzie takes it upon himself to earn his HAG card (Hairdressers of America Guild) so he can become eligible to compete.Stig Ludwiggssen (David Rasche, and the reason I rented the movie) is the main competition for Mackenzie and comes off as a pompous jerk, like Ted McGinley's character in Revenge Of The Nerds (who, coincidentally, is Stig's agent in The Big Tease).Also, Drew Carrey makes a cameo as himself, but with a full head of hair and raves about Mackenzie's work, which for some reason I found pretty funny. Between Drew's and Rasche's hair, I do not know which was more out of place. I am still used to remembering Rasche as the straight laced Sledge Hammer.Overall, a fun little movie if you do not go into it expecting much. If you are satisfied with Drop Dead Gorgeous, I do not see any reason you will not like The Big Tease. 6.5/10

Unjustly obscure, this mock-umentary is certainly not revolutionary film making or Oscar material, but it does offer gentle laughs and some amusing performances and visuals. Ferguson stars (and appears in virtually every scene) as a Scottish hairdresser who gets a letter inviting him to an international hair styling competition in Los Angeles. This is cause for Langham to film a BBC documentary on him and much of the film is from that perspective (although Ferguson also narrates in blurbs filmed after the event.) Falling somewhere in between the lame "Drop Dead Gorgeous" and the sublime "Best in Show", the film is full of odd situations and the infectious charm of Ferguson as he sets out to win top honors. Needless to say, if Ferguson weren't entertaining the film would be sunk. Thankfully, he is delightful throughout. Fisher, though less endearing, also provides nice support for him. Several excellent comedic performers pop up along the way, notably the bizarre and side-splitting Miller as a harried hotel manager. Rasche sinks humorously into his role as Ferguson's chief competitor. McCormack, a very attractive young lady, perfectly captures the phony, insincere aspects of the contest organizer. And any film that even briefly utilizes the untapped charms of McGinley can't be all bad. Home video viewers may need to use subtitles to catch all of the remarks as the authentic Scottish accents are sometimes hard to completely understand. Some real life hair professionals appear, but star cameos are minimal. Carey inexplicably shows up as himself, but with a full head of hair. Hasselhoff comes off amusingly as himself. Crosby, an actress who always could have used a good stylist, appears briefly as a demonstration assistant. One quibble: If the film was going to be rated R anyway, why not show more of the lead's physical assets. What's shown is great, but all too brief. On it's own little terms, this is a charming and fun movie.

Trying to do for hairdressing what 'Strictly Ballroom' did for ballroom dancing, 'The Big Tease' follows Glaswegian hairdresser Crawford MacKenzie as he tries to get himself into the cut throat competition for the coveted 'Platinum Scissors' - a contest he's been invited to watch, but not to take part in. But it is so obvious that he'll walk away with the prize that there isn't any kind of feelgood factor about it.Taking the well worn fish-out-of-water scenario, 'The Big Tease' is far too slight to really make much of an impression. The whole Hollywood wannabe lifestyle is too easy a target for this type of comedy, and although some there is some mileage to be had from the situations, it all feels very stale. Actually, the film itself shows signs of suffering from that same wannabe mentality that it tries to lampoon. There are various 'celebrity' cameos, but they only serve as a reminder of how small scale the movie is. And when the expected Sean Connery cameo doesn't materialise it is an indication of the film's underachievement. An overlong sitcom pilot episode.�

The character Crawford MacKenzie leaves his home of Glasgow, Scotland to participate in the most prestigious hairdressing competition in the world, The Platinum Scissors. When he arrives, he discovers that he has not in fact, been selected to do anything more than sit in the audience. Being a passionate man desiring victory, he goes out on a quest to become eligible to participate and finally succeeds, thanks to a woman and Candy Harper and a limo-driving companion. Won't spoil the ending, but you had better see it yourself! B+