Saturday, 9 June 2012

Man child


Arthur (2011)

Directed by Jason Winer this remake stars Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Greta Gerwig. An heir to a large banking family is a spoilt man child who is told by his mother that he must marry her assistant.

It seems that the plot follows the original film fairly closely but is a pretty good fit for Russell Brand and the film has plenty of humour. Despite being a fairly simple romantic comedy which fits into a number of the usual clichés there is enough charm to keep you entertained. Where the film did lose me was in the final moments it rather undermined itself and the title characters journey by letting him keep his inheritance.

3/5

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