On paper, this seems like a surefire success: Armando Iannucci polishing up Stanley Kubrick’s original script for the stage! Having the lead actor pull a Peter Sellers and play multiple roles! Knowing you need someone who can pull that off, casting Steve Coogan!
and yet, this was better in theory. To make that quadruple casting work, the script loses the cutting-between-plots of the movie and separates the three braided strands of the movie into a few back-and-forth that make the…
:::Googles the Norwegian translation of “jesus fucking christ”:::
this had The Favourite levels of Fun Anachronism and fantastic Gross Noises. Thanks, BUFF 2025!
I want to sit with this one for a minute. Definitely puts the VISTA in VistaVision, though
[reprise re-release]
if I had a nickel for every time Raul Julia was in a flop that references Casablanca, I’d have two nickels, and that’s weird.
this has gorgeous visuals, and there’s something really charming about doing this entirely on soundstages, but the underlying plot and characters aren’t enough to support the weight of that.
