a5c7b9f00b Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai 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.
Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.
26 January 2015 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - Mortdecai. Johnny Depp plays Lord Mortdecai an upper class fool who bumbles his way through life, and whose most important possession is his moustache......simple because every Mortdecai before him has had one. Owing £8,000,000 in taxes to the British Government he is forced to locate and secure a stolen painting. This film is nonsense, quite ridiculous, full of complete film flam and although a little slow to get going, completely and utterly marvellous. Johnny Depp was a joy to watch as he over acted the part of the ridiculous Lord Mortdecai, with his sock garters, his velvet jacket and his cane........a very similar character to Captain Jack Sparrow in many ways, but without the dreadlocks and the boots. I understand the Americans did not care for this film but I guess we English can cope better with someone taking the mick out of our upper classes. Reminiscent of some of the old Peter Sellers films, I thought that overall this film was a hoot and a jolly good wheeze!!!!
Funny, the Brits writing review seem to like it, the Americans not so much. It is typical Johnny Depp - insanely overacted, and like every Depp Movie from Scissorhands, to Willie Wonka, to Captain Jack, to Mordecai, it is Depp overacting. Every movie of his you're never convinced he's THE character, but a guy playing the character. I do not get the appeal of Depp, never have, and he always reminds me of the rich high school kid in drama class who's mother keeps telling him "you're so wonderful!" when he is simply poorly acting and getting parts because he's connected. The way he gets parts, and the money he makes one would think HE'S the Scientologist leader and not Cruise and Travolta. Just find him way overrated
A psychotically unfunny art-heist romp.