Eight people are staying the weekend at Oakley Court for a two day business seminar on assertiveness titled "The End Justifies the Means" conducted by Brad Angel (Demetri Goritsas, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS). Among them are milquetoast home security salesman Victor (Iain Robertson, BASIC INSTINCT 2), corporate tease Mary (Myfanwy Waring, DOT THE I), amoral real estate agent Jacqui (Doon Mackichan), jaded band manager Jamie (Michael Wildman, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM), timid funeral home director Gita (Shobu Kapoor, FILTH AND WISDOM), mob enforcers Terry (Ian Burfield, THE INTERNATIONAL) and Phil (Jay Simpson, ERIK THE VIKING), and conman/insurance agent Malcolm (Harry Enfield, TOOTH). Little do they all know that they have been brought together as part of the grand scheme of omnipotent Godfrey (Simon Callow, AMADEUS) to bring together destined lovers Victor and Mary. Godfrey has a tough time of it since idealistic Victor and cynical Mary constantly clash over their basic philosophies; however, as the weekend continues, Godfrey himself discovers that even his puppetry is subject to fate as an interconnected web is revealed among his guests and revolving around the unforeseen (by Godfrey) fate of one of them.

The whole of ACTS OF GODFREY is narrated and acted in rhyming couplets; but that is only one of the reasons that audiences may find the first act hard slog. With motivational speaker Brad, it tries to set up a philosophical context for its plot machinations that does not engage the viewer. The film picks up after about twenty minutes, but both Robertson and Waring are overshadowed by Callow and Enfield - as well as Burfield and Simpson (who are also given smarter couplets than the romantic leads) and their will they/won't they relationship is less interesting than what else is going on in the plot (even though Robertson's Victor is the protagonist, it seems as if his whole story and character arc are the subplot). Celia Imrie (BRIDGET JONES' DIARY) also appears as one of Malcolm's gullible victims. The film also offers its viewers a view of former Hammer horror palace Oakley Court as it is now, restored and being run as a hotel.