It felt like a bit of a con job. The cast are excellent: Geoffrey Rush especially but also Emily Watson and Miriam Margolyse(?). Very dodgy script, I have to say. It defines characters in part by showing us how they act when they're alone. And that's often when they're shown at their most dislikeable. The problem is: if they were alone at the time, how can we know? (Pete’s mum watching TV news of her son’s heart attacks is the clearest example of characterisation maybe written to fit the plot rather than truth). None of us are better off for this film. It's a waste of superb talent. Who has a right to care (except his family and friends who actually new him) if Peter Sellers was a shit from time to time or all the time? That’s their business, not mine. I’m a movie watcher and I love (most of) his movies. They'll last long after this dubious piece has vanished from the screen.
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