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The Hippopotamus (2017)

Cast

  • matthew modine movies
    Matthew Modine
    as Michael Logan
  • russell tovey movies
    Russell Tovey
    as Rupert Keynes
  • fiona shaw movies
    Fiona Shaw
    as Anne Logan
  • emily berrington movies
    Emily Berrington
    as Jane Swann
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Genres & Description

Comedy

6.4 / 10

A country manor mystery that's actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners, The Hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry. It centers on a lapsed poet, failed drama critic, redundant husband and hard-working drunk, Ted Wallace (the mellifluously voiced Roger Allam in a rare starring role). Fired from his newspaper job, Ted leaps at the chance to drown his sorrows at his old friend's country estate, Swafford Hall. A series of spiritual healings have recently put the household in a tizzy. The purported miracle worker is his hosts' teenage son, Ted's godson, David (Tommy Knight). Lord and Lady Logan are set on sharing their boy's "gift" with the world, blissfully unaware that his "laying on of hands" trick involves, well, an emphasis on "laying." At odds with a colorful party of fellow guests only too ready to swallow anything they're told, Ted sets out to prove the miracles are a hoax and save the young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.

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Look for this on 'fmovies' or 'solarmovies' (and probably several other free film sites). It's the best script or piece of writing since 'Withnail and I'. Literally genius. - @Friday, August 18, 2017 1:33 AM

bey0nd01
The Hitchslap. - @Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:59 PM

Seven Ellen
Is Ted Wallace meant to be a parody of Stephen? It sounds like the actor's doing an impression of him but without emulating any of Stephen's lovable characteristics, of which he has a hundred. - @Sunday, June 4, 2017 7:51 PM

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