Laurel has promised Hardy that the tour is simply a prelude to a new film project in England that he’s putting together, but he also harbors lingering resentment for Hardy due to the rotund funnyman not backing him earlier in their careers when he tried to negotiate a better contract for them - dealt with in a lengthy 1937-set prologue and featuring a cameo from Danny Huston, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), as Golden Age producing legend Hal Roach. For his part, Hardy is broke, a result of his habitual gambling, and suffering from a raft of health problems due to his weight. With ticket sales down, it looks like the tour might be over before old grudges even get a chance to scupper it. There’s No Business Like Show Businessīig, blustering Hardy and bumbling beanpole Laurel, to reverse their normal listing for once, are legends of comedy for a reason: they helped popularize gags, forms, and techniques that are still used today. Starting in vaudeville and the very dawn of the American motion picture industry, the two managed to stay popular for decades thanks to their craft, stage work, impeccable timing, and sheer physical brio.Īll of that is present here, and it is an absolute pleasure to see Steve Coogan, The Trip to Spain (2017), and John C. Reilly, Step Brothers (2008), work through some of these classic routines and bits (and I’d bet good money it was a pleasure and an honor for them both, too). Stan & Ollie isn’t just brilliantly funny - at times it’s beautifully funny, so impeccable and timeless is the comedy craft on display. However, by situating their film firmly after the height of their careers, director Baird and screenwriter Jeff Pope, Philomena (2013), both dodge the usual formulaic biopic structure and derive maximum pathos from the scenario.
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It’s one thing to see the duo in full flight in the ’20s and ’30s it’s quite another to see them rooming in shabby hotels and playing to half-empty auditoria, even though the material is still great.
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