Mortdecai lacks the wit and charm that would’ve been necessary for this farcical pastiche to work, resulting in another disappointment from Johnny Depp.
Mortdecai stars Johnny Depp as Charlie Mortdecai, a somewhat infamous British art dealer who’s facing crises both professional and personal in nature. Charlie is not only massively in debt to the British government, but some of his more unscrupulous (and dangerous) clients have caught onto his swindling ways. Meanwhile, back at home, Charlie finds himself on the outs with his wife Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow), who doesn’t take so well to her husband’s newly-acquired handlebar mustache… and banishes him to the guest house, when he refuses to shave his peculiar facial hair.
As such, when Inspector Martland (Ewan McGregor) – Charlie’s college roommate who still yearns for Johanna – seeks his assistance in recovering a …
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