Mortdecai
Lionsgate | Release Date: January 23, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
13
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60
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJan 25, 2015
The hard part will be convincing audiences to shake off their Depp fatigue and embrace a film that's daffy, dated, and precisely as intended. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJan 23, 2015
The movie is too odd and randy to play for kids on an Austin Powers level, and too broad to really work as farce. But Depp, god bless him, fully commits, and finds a few genuinely funny moments amidst all the outsize mugging and mild sociopathy. Read full review
50
The PlaylistMichael ArbeiterJan 23, 2015
Beyond stiff and halfhearted performances, tired and infantile comic material and a needlessly complicated plot, the real, truly piercing shortcoming of the movie is that it lacks a compelling reason to exist. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 22, 2015
Those who do find their way into this supremely silly action-mystery caper are in for a few grins if not laughs thanks largely to the deft — and daft — performance of Johnny Depp in the title role. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 22, 2015
The story is nonsensical and the action tepid. So if you don’t find the Brit-quips funny, there’s not much for you in Mortdecai, just vintage British motorcars, foppish gibberish and Depp curling and re-curling that mustache, punctuating every line with “Right!” or “Quite!” That makes for a quite watchable mess. Read full review
58
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 22, 2015
Mortdecai is by no means a disaster — the occasional joke lands, and there’s at least some fun to be found in the frenetic farce of all the conspiracies and the running-around... Still, I spent most of the movie waiting for it to find its rhythms and set a witty pace for itself that would allow the humor to build and the outrageous situations to pay off grandly. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJan 22, 2015
Contrary to appearances, Mortdecai isn’t a total disaster: Depp may be suffering the most catastrophic career slump since Eddie Murphy said yes to Norbit, but he’s still perfectly watchable. Read full review
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