Bonfiglioli’s prose is legendary. He mastered the "unreliable narrator," allowing Charlie to describe his own questionable deeds with such charm that the reader can't help but root for him.
Watch the purely as a visual companion piece—appreciating its gorgeous costume design and stylized art direction, even if the comedy misses the mark. mortdecai
| You will love Mortdecai if... | Avoid Mortdecai if... | |-------------------------------|------------------------| | You enjoy PG Wodehouse but wish Bertie Wooster had a gun. | You need a hero with redeeming qualities. | | You like dark, dry, 1970s British cynicism (think The Pink Panther meets Lock, Stock ). | You are offended by casual misogyny, racism, or class snobbery (period-appropriate, but real). | | You want short, clever, laugh-out-loud crime novels. | You only know the Johnny Depp film. | Bonfiglioli’s prose is legendary
Critics noted that the movie attempted to revive a specific genre: the mid-century caper reminiscent of Peter Sellers' The Pink Panther franchise. However, what reads on the page as biting, pitch-black wit often translated on-screen as broad, exhausting slapstick. The Goya MacGuffin | You will love Mortdecai if
That is precisely the point.
“The real one,” I said. “Tremayne never had the genuine article. Algernon lost a fake. He’d had it copied years ago. The real lobster has been in your attic the whole time, gathering dust behind the croquet set.”
Upon its release on January 23, 2015, the film was met with a critical and commercial disaster that was immediate and devastating.