-Mortdecai (2015) movie review: -Mortdecai is a comedy(ish) film that sees Johnny Depp as Mortdecai, an exaggerated art dealer who is tasked with finding a valuable painting that was stolen. And of course, antics and odd scenarios ensue.
-As poorly as the film did at the box office, I feel like the bad rep the film has is lightly uncalled for after seeing it. Doesn't make it a great film or anything, but it was not too bad.
-The story is very classic, goofy detective inspired, which was interesting and offered a few twists, but was really nothing new.
-The pace was alittle too fast I think. It moved quickly and could have taken its time in a few places.
-I'll get this out of the way before acting: The entire film is super goofy and cheesy. Like cartoon goofy. It did match the pace and story, but if you are not into films that are intentionally silly, yeah.
-The acting is goofy. I also feel like nobody, from Johnny Depp's weird character with a mustache, Ewan McGregor's cool, yet dumb detective, or Gwyneth Paltrow's mellow wife character. So nobody really needed to try that hard because of the goofy characters and typecasting.
-The characters are all shallow, but fun to watch.
-The music is really repetitive, but I thought it was fun and fitting.
-The film as a whole was not too funny, but had a few moments that did really make me laugh. It had some moments that surprised me with entertainment value as well, although a few that did not.
-Mortdecai is also apparently rated-R, but does not need to be, in my opinion. It has next-to-no violence, no actual nudity, some suggestive dialogue, and I think 2 F-words. Sounds like a strong PG-13 to me.
-Mortdecai is fun and entertaining, but super cheesy and goofy. If you are into fun, goofy, spy-ish comedy-ish movies though, I will say Mortdecai is worth watching on Netflix!
-As poorly as the film did at the box office, I feel like the bad rep the film has is lightly uncalled for after seeing it. Doesn't make it a great film or anything, but it was not too bad.
-The story is very classic, goofy detective inspired, which was interesting and offered a few twists, but was really nothing new.
-The pace was alittle too fast I think. It moved quickly and could have taken its time in a few places.
-I'll get this out of the way before acting: The entire film is super goofy and cheesy. Like cartoon goofy. It did match the pace and story, but if you are not into films that are intentionally silly, yeah.
-The acting is goofy. I also feel like nobody, from Johnny Depp's weird character with a mustache, Ewan McGregor's cool, yet dumb detective, or Gwyneth Paltrow's mellow wife character. So nobody really needed to try that hard because of the goofy characters and typecasting.
-The characters are all shallow, but fun to watch.
-The music is really repetitive, but I thought it was fun and fitting.
-The film as a whole was not too funny, but had a few moments that did really make me laugh. It had some moments that surprised me with entertainment value as well, although a few that did not.
-Mortdecai is also apparently rated-R, but does not need to be, in my opinion. It has next-to-no violence, no actual nudity, some suggestive dialogue, and I think 2 F-words. Sounds like a strong PG-13 to me.
-Mortdecai is fun and entertaining, but super cheesy and goofy. If you are into fun, goofy, spy-ish comedy-ish movies though, I will say Mortdecai is worth watching on Netflix!