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Total Film
An old-fashioned romp through the eccentricities of the upper classes, it’s a fun mystery with a nicely filthy mind.
The Hippopotamus
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- United Kingdom
- 2017
- · 86m
Director
John Jencks
Cast
Roger Allam,
Matthew Modine,
Tim McInnerny,
Emily Berrington,
Fiona Shaw,
Geraldine Somerville
Genre
Comedy
Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
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The Guardian by Mike McCahill
We’re mostly watching Allam scowling at the eccentrics passing through his eyeline – but it’s still a pleasure, and often a joy, to watch the star measuring out and savouring Fry’s rich wordplay like fingers of scotch.
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Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
All in all, a most unlikeable film.
40
Empire by David Parkinson
Despite a wonderfully witty voiceover and the bullish playing of a willing ensemble, this bawdy romp consistently stumbles over its more contrived excesses.
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