An actor’s multiple personalities conflict when he wins a leading part in a play
This low-budget British effort throws comedy, drama, tired psychological thriller conceits and some broad satire to make a bag about as mixed as they come. Sandy Batchelor, who just about earns the film a little more forgiveness with a performance that’s both ripe as old cheese but also a parody of Ott acting, stars as Rupert Lindsay, an aspiring actor afflicted with dissociative identity disorder, a condition previously known as multiple personality disorder.
Wouldn’t you know it, that affliction turns out to be a boon when his extremely angry, shouty, Scots-accented identity comes to the fore during an audition for the role of an angry, shouty puritan in what’s supposed to be a lost Christopher Marlowe play. Unfortunately, sometimes another personality, a lascivious English-accented smoothie (think Terry-Thomas on ecstasy) assumes control, and...
This low-budget British effort throws comedy, drama, tired psychological thriller conceits and some broad satire to make a bag about as mixed as they come. Sandy Batchelor, who just about earns the film a little more forgiveness with a performance that’s both ripe as old cheese but also a parody of Ott acting, stars as Rupert Lindsay, an aspiring actor afflicted with dissociative identity disorder, a condition previously known as multiple personality disorder.
Wouldn’t you know it, that affliction turns out to be a boon when his extremely angry, shouty, Scots-accented identity comes to the fore during an audition for the role of an angry, shouty puritan in what’s supposed to be a lost Christopher Marlowe play. Unfortunately, sometimes another personality, a lascivious English-accented smoothie (think Terry-Thomas on ecstasy) assumes control, and...
- 4/26/2019
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
"Must be hard finding love when nobody likes you." Global Digital has debuted a trailer for indie comedy Rupert, Rupert & Rupert, from English filmmaker Tom Sands. Sandy Batchelor stars as a struggling actor with multiple personality disorder whose three identities battle for control when he wins the lead role in a West End play. Described as a "bittersweet comedy-drama" about what it's like to have three identities, and how hard life can be when there's different versions of you. "His emotional world becomes more and more chaotic with hilarious and heart-breaking consequences." The cast includes Daisy Keeping, Adam Astill, Ben Porter, Pandora Clifford, and Clifford Barry. This looks quirky and amusing, check it out. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tom Sands' Rupert, Rupert & Rupert, direct from YouTube: A bittersweet comedy-drama about a struggling actor named Rupert Lindsay (Sandy Batchelor) with multiple personality disorder whose three identities battle for...
- 4/25/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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