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Mortdecai

R

Released Jan 23, 2015

1 hr. 46 min.

Comedy

Adventure

Action

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12%

111 Reviews

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31%

25,000+ Ratings

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Charismatic British aristocrat and part-time shady art dealer Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) suffers from a constant lack of funds to support his lush lifestyle, so when Alistair Maitland (Ewan McGregor), a college friend and officer in MI5, asks him to find a stolen Goya painting, he accepts. But Charlie's not the only one with designs on the painting; an American heiress and a revolutionary want it too, for the artwork is rumored to contain the code to a bank account filled with Nazi gold.

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Critics Consensus

Aggressively strange and willfully unfunny, the misguided Mortdecai sounds a frightfully low note in Johnny Depp's post-Pirates filmography.

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Frey Le K

Just finished watching this movie and it's hilarious I don't understand why people aren't watching this more. Fantastic movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Tommy C

With some wilful sense of sarcasm, this parody's surprisingly poetic puns become quite enjoyable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Leon V

Brilliant comedy. Intellectually stimulating. Loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Ed B

Weird but very watchable. Simple plot but fun and all filmed. Some big stars and we found it quite funny.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/24

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haley h

This movie is so underrated. Absolutely hilarious.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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David W

Another great movie that was unfairly mauled by the critics and by many RT reviewers. Both my wife (it's one of her favourite comedies) and I thoroughly enjoyed this quirky film and consistently laughed all the way through it. The central characters are perfect in their roles (although special mention must go to Paul Bettany who was absolutely hilarious in a monosyllabic minimalistic way) the script is witty and the art direction wonderfully off kilter. It's stylised and slightly weird but all the better for it in my book. We bought the DVD as soon as it was released and have watched it many times at home since first seeing it at the cinema. A hugely enjoyable and wonderfully daft action caper comedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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David Koepp

Director

Johnny Depp

Charlie Mortdecai

Gwyneth Paltrow

Johanna Mortdecai

Ewan McGregor

Alistair Martland

Olivia Munn

Georgina Krampf

Paul Bettany

Jock Strapp

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Kimberley Jones

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This one's dead on arrival.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 29, 2015

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Scott Tobias

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The jokes are astonishingly unfunny, splitting the cast between those desperate to please, and those looking to slip off with most of their dignity intact.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 26, 2015

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Donald Clarke

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This wilfully terrible film marks a significant juncture in Johnny Depp's peculiar career. It is, to him, as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was to the Balkan League.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 26, 2015

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Keith Garlington

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I feel as though “Mortdecai” revolves around a continuous inside joke that I was never let in on. Surely a comedy can’t be this anemic, lame, and humorless.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

This madcap caper exists only to provide an excuse for the movie's crude zaniness and gratingly repetitive gags.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 12, 2022

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Richard Crouse

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Capers flicks of a bygone era had a swingin', hip feel of controlled chaos not overplayed farce but Depp is pedal-to-the-metal, quirking-it-up in a display completely without charm and worse, without wit.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Synopsis

Charismatic British aristocrat and part-time shady art dealer Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) suffers from a constant lack of funds to support his lush lifestyle, so when Alistair Maitland (Ewan McGregor), a college friend and officer in MI5, asks him to find a stolen Goya painting, he accepts. But Charlie's not the only one with designs on the painting; an American heiress and a revolutionary want it too, for the artwork is rumored to contain the code to a bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Director: David Koepp
Executive Producer: Sam Sarkar
Screenwriter: Eric Aronson
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Infinitum Nihil, Lionsgate Films, Mad Chance
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual Material)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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