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Dir: Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel & Jessica Gunning.
Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960s and ’70s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori (Michaela Coel), an art restorer and former forger, to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases. Her plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.
Both hilarious and unsettling, the film revels in Julian’s outrageousness: a man who mistakes cruelty for honesty, spectacle for legacy, and turns even his own irrelevance into an act of savage charisma.
“…at times incredibly funny, comedy drama with plot reversals that make it feel like it’s on the verge of a thriller.”—Benjamin Lee, The Guardian
“I have rarely enjoyed watching two actors’ rapport the way I loved watching McKellen and Coel; it could have gone on forever and not been long enough.” Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times
Running time: 01 hours 40 minutes
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