Government Cheese: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Surreal US comedy starring David Oyelowo as a burglar-turned-inventor
Year: 2025
Certificate: 15
David Oyelowo stars in a surreal and hopeful ten-part American comedy that's best watched with concentration. The Spooks and Lawmen: Bass Reeves star is Hampton Chambers, a burglar who leaves prison in 1969 in traumatic circumstances, then tries to start afresh by inventing a self-sharpening power drill.
There's something of the Wes Anderson to it all - the way shots are framed, the rich colours, the odd pauses in dialogue - and there's a fascination to watching it and trying to understand where it's all going to end up. Most simply, will Chambers' reinvention as an inventor mean good things for his fractured California family on the outside, or will he be forced back into a life of crime?
Amid all the questions, Oyelowo's subtly shifting performance is the best thing to hold on to and, as for the title? You'll have to watch to fully understand, but it's something to do with Hampton's mum and sandwiches. (Ten episodes)
