betty dalton Johnny Depp produced this comedy, which tries just a little bit too hard to be funny. Like THIS is a joke, and NOW you can laugh. Actors are good, but they overdo it. Would have worked better if the acting had been more down to earth and not so over the top.First time I saw it I was smitten with it. That's what most people will do: see it once. I have seen it 4 times now, because I loved this Depp flick so much at first watch. But later on, the childish jokes began to nag a little bit.Despite all my little criticisms "Mortdecai" is still an enjoyable popcornmovie with lots of laughs about Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow who both play with hilarious british accents. Story: they are in debt as a couple and have to sell a very precious painting, that gets stolen. The story really doesnt matter though. The story is just an excuse for lots of chases, lots of thefts and some smart contricks. And Depp and Paltrow are just a lovely and hilarious couple and they truly are the real stars of this flick. Could have been better though, but it is enjoyable nonetheless if you are into some childish (" I have to throw up ") jokes. And however nasty that may sound, the "vomit" joke is actually one of the funniest! All in all a strange balance between adult and childrens jokes. For whomever likes the sorts of Rowan Atkinson, will probably enjoy this flick as well.

jwdesign-77554 I don't understand the bad reviews, I thought it was hilarious. Depp's best character yet. I love silly, witty dialogue and this is chock full of it. It doesn't hurt that it is also visually gorgeous. Love the Rolls!

Prismark10 Offbeat screwball international caper comedy like Mortdecai can be hit and miss. If they are so full of themselves or smug like Hudson Hawk then they deserve the flak. Mortdecai in retrospect was surprisingly watchable.Lord Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) is a shady art dealer and swindler in debt to the taxman. Assisted with his sex maniac manservant Jock (Paul Bettany) they get into all sorts of scrapes. However with money problems he needs to sell one of his paintings and growing a moustache does not make him popular with his wife Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow.)He is requested by Inspector Martland (Ewan Mcgregor) to recover a painting by Goya that has become the target of theft by a well known terrorist who has murdered an art restorer. This is a start to a search that takes Mortdecai to various countries as he is pursued by various bad guys with only Jock by his side as long he is not shot by Mortdecai. Meanwhile Martland comforts Johanna who had a thing with her during their college days.Both Paltrow and Depp practice their English accents again, Bettany meanwhile does a more thuggish accent as the hard man. Hard to believe given the critical mauling this film got but I liked it. It moves along nicely, it raises a few smiles, you get a few brief cameos and it is no doubt silly but it kinds of knows it.

imdb-45 Wow... all that came to mind was WTF???? It's that terrible. I love Depp, even his more unusual off the beaten path films. The cast is stellar with top names that practically guarantee that the film has to be watchable. I get the humor, the genre and what it is supposed to be. It's just not funny. At all. With very few good moments and a performance by Paul Bettany that is amusing enough to save the film from a rock bottom 1, this dud is a career ending dagger.A painting is stolen and Mortdecai, a millionaire art dealer swindler who is also friends of the police chief, is asked to help investigate in exchange for the Crown not prosecuting debts it holds from our protagonist. Mortdecai is fond of his ridiculous moustache, hated by his wife (Paltrow) who is lusted after by the police detective (McGregor). And the superhero butler who is always there to save the day is Jock, played by Bettany, who is also the satisfier of women everywhere. The film is way over the top humor. This is not anything close to Kingsmen - it's way, way over the top, caricatures of the usual players. Stupid stuff that is clearly beyond any reality, such as tailing kidnappers on a plane by holding onto the exterior of the plane for the entire trip - hahahaha! Isn't that funny!!! Cue in the zany British synth music and boy it's such a laugh.Depp pulls off his accent for the most part although he loses it at times. Gwyneth Paltrow is unwatachable. Her terrible British accent has been legendary in past films such as Sliding Doors and Shakespeare in Love. Listening to it is torture and you don't have to be a Brit to wish the film was silent.The story itself is pretty stupid and irrelevant as it is just a way of allowing Depp to do his painfully unfunny, self centered and unlikable character. Everyone is searching for the painting that has disappeared, including a bunch of Russian gangsters. Unless you're one of the few who liked this pile of unfunny trash, have another film as a backup because your company may just wish to turn this off early on. Unless you have eve a clue about British humor, you're going to wish you weren't curious enough to watch this heaping pile of stupidity.