Mortdecai *½

David Koepp directed this Action comedy. Watch Preview. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Jeff Goldblum, Olivia Munn. Rated R for some language and sexual material. Running time is one hour and forty-six minutes.

A debonair art dealer and part time rogue (Depp) must traverse the globe in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

I think what this film is trying to be is a reincarnation of Inspector Clouseau. Instead, it's dead after the first few minutes, and it stays that way. This is a first rate cast and the production values are very good, but there's just nothing to work with here. Depp's character isn't debonair, he's stupid, and stupid ceases to be funny rather quickly. Paltrow is too stiff to be in a comedy of this type and Goldblum and Munn basically have walk on parts. The only group that might have found this funny won't be able to attend due to the rating. I suspect this will disappear rather quickly, and we can all be thankful for that.

There are no additional scenes once the final credits begin. Screen size is unimportant. Theatres/Times.