A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.
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- 3 wins & 6 nominations
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- (as Christina Calph)
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- TriviaWhile sulking in his Batmobile after Hobson (Dame Helen Mirren) gives him an aspirin and vitamin, Arthur (Russell Brand) scrolls through his phone to look for Naomi's number and we briefly see Katy Perry, Brand's then-wife, listed as a contact.
- GoofsWhen Naomi and Arthur enjoy their "first date" in the middle of Grand Central Terminal, darkness is seen outside the windows as if its the middle of the night, even though they were in bright daylight moments earlier outside on 42nd Street.
- Quotes
Hobson: My name is Lillian and I am an alcoholic. I'm rich, I'm fabulously rich. I'm also generous and kind-hearted. My father died when I was young and my mother was absent most of the time. Is this an excuse for making a mockery of my life? Oh, it all looks very wild from the outside. I once went to bed with three European princesses at the same time, but: A. I can't remember anything about it, and B: apparently I vomited over two of them before losing control of my bladder on the third. Oh, yes, all such fun... until the fog parts and suddenly there's a hole so big that all the vintage champagne and all the Batmobiles on the world can't fill it. Then I'm all alone on my magnetic bed, wondering what venereal disease I've just caught.
Arthur: Always the quiet ones.
- Crazy creditsThe opening Warner Bros. logo appears as if inside a champagne glass.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.117 (2011)
- SoundtracksA Harmless Game of Dress Up
Written and Produced by Mark Ronson
Those brought up on the inimitable Dudley Moore original will always compare this unfavourably, not least of all in that Moore was a long- standing, widely loved actor/comedian and Brand, certainly by comparison, is a cheeky new kid on the block and generally known only to a modern and youngish audience, thus limiting its appeal.
Brand is actually not bad, though he occasionally lapses from the requisite clipped English into mis-pronounced key words, not often but noticeable- a small point maybe, admittedly. There is an attempt to get Russell's hair similar to Dudley's, another small point, but I noticed! Mirren as Hobson is usually very good, with some excellent comic retorts but somehow isn't as consistently funny/good as she should be. That is probably down to the writing.
What does probably let down the side the most, may be the two young women in Arthur's life. Liza Minnelli is simply NOT replaceable and the chemistry generated between Brand and Greta Gerwig is tepid, whereas originally, the two (Moore & Minnelli) absolutely fizzed together, sparkling more than one of Arthur's flutes of champagne.
Luis Guzman IS great as the Batman 'Robin' chauffeur and there are quite a few new scenes made up specially for this film, rather than just lazily re-filming the old one.
I'm not sure that the extra 13 minutes over the original is a welcome one. It doesn't have the quality of the material to keep it going for that long. My score is nearer 6.5 than 6 but 7 it is not.
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- Tình Hay Tiền
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,035,397
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,222,756
- Apr 10, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $48,147,945
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1