Mortdecai (2015)

In the movie Jonny Deep is playing a very royal and very smart role of saving the country's national security and he played is role really very good but the I got away from the story. I didn't liked the story, it could have been great as they had the most talented actor and they could have done it a very different way and could have grabbed the audience's voice. People may like it may not but overall it was not a bad movie.

This film is no masterpiece but it is certainly entertaining. The dark humor sometimes is silly, but that's the point of parody. There are bits of disgusting things, bits of blood, and bits of vulgarity, but enough jeopardy and suspense throughout Mortdecai's transcontinental adventure.

This stolen-painting-crime/comic plot is accompanied by subtle subplots. There's the mild love triangle between the jealous and insecure Mortdecai, his wife (Gwyneth Paltrow), and his college friend the detective (Ewan McGregor). There's the friendship with his utmost super-loyal and smart manservant and body-guard (Paul Bettany). And there's the want-to-be-passionate husband-wife relationship that leaves Mortdecai, a gentleman, bed deprived


I was actually quite bored of the script and story by about 45 minutes in and was waiting for the film to end. Saying that, the score by Geoff Zanelli was a really nice touch, I've been listening to it constantly since seeing the film.

I wish Johnny Depp will actually be in a decent film one of these days. The last good film he was in was Public Enemies which was in 2009. That is six years since his last good film, how long will it be until he finds an actually good film to act in? Whatever the case may be Mortdecai was not the answer to his problem.

I know this is in the slapstick comedy genre of film, but that doesn't excuse the terrible plot or the dialogue. Watching this movie, I couldn't help but think a twelve year old wrote the screenplay. What is even worse is a six year old could've followed the film and even guessed the "oh no" moments of it. Someone should've told the director that just because this is a goofy type of movie doesn't mean it can't have an interesting plot.

5.5/10·IMDb
13%·Rotten Tomatoes
28%·Metacritic
6/10 - Verdict