Stan & Ollie (2018) Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. When I was a kid, I really loved Laurel and Hardy but I have to admit that, for a couple of decades, I hadn’t watch any of their movies. However, about 6 months ago, after all these years, I finally saw once again one of their movies, the classic ‘Sons of the Desert’, and, to be honest, I think their antics were actually much more enjoyable when I was a kid. Still, there is no denying that they were one of the greatest comedy duos ever so it was pretty neat to see a biographical movie focusing on them. However, even if this movie was fairly well received when it was released, to be honest, it didn’t really grab me though. The tricky thing with such biographical movies dealing with a specific time period is that you might wonder if the chosen time period was really so interesting. I mean, the intro was fine and both sides were actually fairly well developed but, then, they completely skipped how these two guys got back together after their falling out. Then, focusing on their tour in Great Britain was not a bad idea but, for too long, not much or not enough was actually going on. Eventually, it was only when they had their argument towards the end that this tale started to get really intriguing. Still, there is no denying that Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly were really good, especially Coogan whose resemblance with Stan Laurel was just uncanny. Anyway, to conclude, even if I wasn’t completely sold, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this hilarious comedy duo.