Synopsis
An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.
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Cast
- Johnny DeppCharlie Mortdecai
- Gwyneth PaltrowJohanna Mortdecai
- Ewan McGregorInspector Alistair Martland
- Paul BettanyJock Strapp
- Jonny PasvolskyEmil Strago
- Olivia MunnGeorgina Krampf
- Jeff GoldblumMilton Krampf
- Michael CulkinSir Graham Archer
- Ulrich ThomsenRomanov
- Alec UtgoffDmitri
Recommendations
- 60
Los Angeles Times
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. - 58
TheWrap
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. - 50
Movie Nation
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. - 40
Time Out London
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. - 30
Variety
There’s a fatal shortage of zingers to supplement its exhausting zaniness. - 20
The Hollywood Reporter
Mortdecai is an anachronistic mess that never succeeds in re-creating the breezy tone or snappy rhythm of the classic caper movies that it aims to pastiche. - 20
The Telegraph
A psychotically unfunny art-heist romp. - 20
The New York Times
What a frantically dull spectacle this vanity project is.
