Take an awkward little man in a moustache give him a deep accented language (this time British) and make him bumbling and half crazy: You either have the new movie "Mortdecai" or the old movie series Pink Panther featuring Inspector Clouseau. The results are similar.
It is interesting that Rotten Tomatoes gives this movie an 8 out of 100 and the critics hate it. I will say again that critics want comedies to be biting and almost perverse to be considered funny. This movie is a throwback to the 1970's. It is silly on purpose. AND it is fun. It is not rocket science either. It is "R" rated because they wanted it to be (hence two f Bombs placed in very forgettable ways to earn the R). Otherwise it would be PG.
The recurring Gag scenes between Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow were great.
Good popcorn movie: **3/4 stars. 2015 movie#6
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