'Mortdecai' - Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

'Mortdecai' - Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor

Mortdecai is an upcoming action comedy film directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson. The film is adapted from the book anthology The Mortdecai Trilogy written by Kyril Bonfiglioli.

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Johnny Depp
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ewan McGregor
Olivia Munn
Jonny Pasvolsky
Jeff Goldblum
Paul Bettany
Aubrey Plaza
Oliver Platt

Mortdecai Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow Movie HD - YouTube

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

I don't think there is a thread for this. I'm watching Depp on Jimmy Kimmel promoting this film right now and he seems drunk or something.

[Monterey Jack]

Mind yew don't cut'cherself, Mortdecai...

[ilovenola2]

Saw the trailer for this nonsense in the theatre the other day. While I like Depp, I am puzzled by his continuous choices of utterly uninteresting fodder for film.
This one is to be skipped at all costs!

[Adam_ME]

Well, the last time Depp and Bettany teamed up, the result was....Transcendence. Uh oh.

[klauswhereareyou]

This would probably be an amusing rental, but no way I'd watch this in the theater.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Well, the last time Depp and Bettany teamed up, the result was....Transcendence. Uh oh.

And The Tourist

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

And The Tourist

So Tracy and Hepburn they're not.

[Foggy]

Most reviews seem to imply this would of been watchable had it been without Johnny Depp...so that's just a round a bout way of saying it's unwatchable because of Johnny Depp.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

So Tracy and Hepburn they're not.

More like the new Lillard and Prinze Jr.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Well, the last time Depp and Bettany teamed up, the result was....Transcendence. Uh oh.

It is expected to have the same box office fate.

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by ilovenola2

While I like Depp, I am puzzled by his continuous choices of utterly uninteresting fodder for film.

I think he has become distracted lately...can't say I blame him.

[Astro Zombie]

Was planning on watching this over the weekend

[Count Orlok]

They had a preview for this when we went to see THG back in November. The trailer got a few laughs from the audience. I'll check it out when it comes to the cheap theater. For $3 on Wednesdays, the cheap theater here really given itself a nice update. I just don't want to give Gwenyth Paltrow too much of my money.

[Talal86]

Wow, this is so cringeworthy

Johnny Depp needs an intervention

[wvuwhat]

I like to keep my finger on the pulse of new movies coming out. Even indies.

I had honestly not heard of this until it was on the blank space of IMDb 2 days ago.

Will not watch.

[Spirit Zero]

Saw the trailer and my God! it looks absolutely terrible! lol!

Its like some kind of poor mans Pink Panther/Mr Bean rip-off with a near identical stereotypical Brit/Yank culture clash plot and a leading character clearly trying to be Terry Thomas (look him up kids).

I read in the past that the one true thing in the world Mr Depp wants but can't actually buy is to be a real continental (European to the Americans). He seems to be taking every role he can to attempt to fool us all into thinking he is, or fool himself.

[Holmes]

I do not believe Mortdecai is a film produced with avaricious or bad intentions—I understand its broad desire to replicate a certain light, madcap, swinging-sixties atmosphere (cue the Mancini!)—but it truly is a failed farce, an uncomfortable catalog of overly gesticulating actors and deadly silent pauses for nonexistent roars of laughter. The title character, first name Charlie (Johnny Depp), is an aristocratic, pompous art dealer and "part-time rogue" on the verge of financial ruin who is swept into the dangerous international search for a stolen Francisco Goya painting. By his side are a studly manservant (Paul Bettany), a man of few words and several sexual conquests, and his resourceful wife Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is also desired by a dashing M15 agent (Ewan McGregor). An inordinate amount of screen time is devoted to a walrus mustache recently grown by Charlie. His pride in it is enormous, but it causes Johanna to gag each time they embrace, and he then dry-heaves in return. He has a sympathetic gag reflex, see! This is repeated many, many times, until the poor dead horse is not only beaten, but pulverized.

David Koepp has directed a few films ranging from the downright solid—Stir of Echoes, Ghost Town—to the pleasant, if rather mediocre—Premium Rush—but he is still known best as the writer of such gargantuan franchise openers as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, and Spider-Man. Here, it is clear from the outset (a wan variation on the nightclub-set opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) he possesses neither the comic timing nor the visual brio required for this type of stylized film. The rhythm is always capricious and lax. Scenes either go on far too long or are cramped and rushed, and the set pieces, including a car chase through London alleyways, are flatly shot as a rule.

Depp is a gifted actor and a true-blue movie star at a strange point in his career. He is beset by audiences' cynicism and perhaps deserves a share of it: the more flamboyant and intricate his construction of a character, from the hairstyle and voice to the costumes and facial tics, the more many presume he is slovenly going through the motions. I still respect his outre craft, but, as Charlie, his absurd flourishes never cohere to form a charming overall character so much as a grotesque horse's ass with whom nearly two hours are not well-spent. His characterization aims for Inspector Clouseau or Austin Powers, but ends up a poorly sewn and uneven imitation sold for a significantly slashed price. Other recognizable faces, such as McGregor and the rarely-more-gorgeous Paltrow, have one foot in the film and the other out of it as if ready to sprint from the set when the director and leading man turn their heads. Only Bettany, a talented performer long left in the cold slightly outside the A list, delivers a complete, satisfying, and extremely humorous performance as unfortunately named footman Jock Strapp. His vision of the character as two-parts Anthony Hopkins' Stevens in The Remains of the Day, one-part street-brawling thug is tremendous fun in an otherwise arid expanse of cinematic miscalculation.

D

[StingingVelvet]

I have been confused since this film's marketing started why they think mustaches are so funny by themselves. It's not instant-comedy!

Anyway, Depp has always been very hit-or-miss for me. His schtick gets old fast.

[StLouisRibs]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I have been confused since this film's marketing started why they think mustaches are so funny by themselves. It's not instant-comedy!

Anyway, Depp has always been very hit-or-miss for me. His schtick gets old fast.

It is actually a plot point in the film, from the first line, about how its a recent addition to the lead's look and how its his attempt to find something distinctive to differentiate himself, and that everybody hates it.

It made some sense of the marketing, but I'm afraid they still screwed the pooch so totally.