Translating books into films has to be difficult enough, but translating a comedic one must be the pinnacle of problematic for screenwriters. First, they must decide if they'll keep the book's sense ...

In this film Johnny Depp appears as Mortdecai, a British dolt who emerges from a series of potentially disastrous scrapes unscathed. Recalling the incredible luck of Peter Seller’s Chief Inspector ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

If you're going to see one movie about a dandy, mustachioed gentleman on a caper involving stolen artwork and featuring an appearance by Jeff Goldblum, make it "The Grand Budapest Hotel." However, if ...

Thumbnail: Johnny Depp's scenery-chewing lead occasionally grates, but Mortdecai works as a low-stakes comic mystery that is refreshingly aimed squarely at adult moviegoers. It does not deserve the ...

I admit to being a big fan of watching glamorous movie stars gadding around world capitols in the comedic pursuit of art treasures; I spent countless hours glued to the TV as a kid soaking in comic ...

“Mortdecai” is mortdifying, a mortdal sin of a movie that’s headed for the cinematic mortduary. Bertie Wooster meets Austin Powers in the person of the title character, an English lord played by a ...

Should the recent surge in male facial hair as a fashion accessory stall in 2015, barbers would be within their rights to blame “Mortdecai,” a perky but obstinately unfunny heist caper with a hero ...

“Mortdecai,” a movie starring Johnny Depp that looked terrible, appears to be terrible. It bombed at the box office this weekend, making a measly $4.1 million. This shouldn’t come as too much of a ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Whenever Johnny Depp finishes his long career of playing kooky big-screen characters, aristocratic idiot Charlie Mortdecai for sure won't be near the top of the greatest-hits list. With a varied ...

Johnny Depp has done so much for us. Let us now return the favor and pretend “Mortdecai,” a disastrously misjudged career low, never existed. Before we wipe the record clean, you may wish to know what ...