Shirley Henderson
- Actor
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Stan & Ollie review: an absolute delight...
An ageing Laurel and Hardy rediscover their mojo and their friendship on a tour of 50s Britain in this affectionate postcard to Hollywood's funniest double-act.
Andrew Collins, Radio Times, 22nd October 2018Film review: Stan & Ollie is 'a fine bromance'
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly star in a new biopic of Laurel and Hardy that is an irresistible homage to the iconic comedy duo.
Nicholas Barber, BBC, 22nd October 2018LFF: 'Stan & Ollie' Review: Dir. Jon S. Baird (2018)
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly pair up to portray the iconic comedy duo of Laurel & Hardy in this bittersweet account of two fading Hollywood stars.
Andrew Gaudion, Hollywood News, 22nd October 2018#LFF 2018: Stan & Ollie review
Inspired by the book Laurel and Hardy: The British Tours by A.J. Marriot, who also featured as a consultant on the film, Jon S. Baird's Stan & Ollie is part biography and part homage to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, arguably the greatest stage and screen comedy performers of their time.
Zoe Margolis, Cine-Vue, 22nd October 2018Stan & Ollie: Coogan's a hoot, Reilly deserves an Oscar
This tragic-comic biopic is mostly set in 1953, the year Hollywood comedy legends Stan Laurel and Ollie Hardy toured the UK and Ireland in hopes of revitalising their careers and mending their friendship (damaged by Ollie's willingness to make a movie, 1939's Zenobia, minus Stan).
Charlotte O'Sullivan, Evening Standard, 22nd October 20182018 BFI London Film Festival Review - Stan & Ollie
The love Laurel and Hardy channelled into their routines is clearly reflected - and respected - by the entirety of Stan & Ollie's cast and crew, and it shines through onscreen in this melancholic but heartfelt celebration of the double act.
Tori Brazier, Flickering Myth, 22nd October 2018Review: Stan & Ollie
Making a comedy about two icons of slapstick is a road so full of pitfalls that even the great men themselves would probably just have taken a different route - one marked "new tarmac" perhaps. And yet the film - like the marriage of a six-foot-one, 280-pound Georgian with a rake of a man from the north of England - just works.
Will Almond, The Upcoming, 22nd October 2018Stan & Ollie review, LFF
Our critic reviews the Laurel and Hardy biopic, starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, as it closes out the London Film Festival.
Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 21st October 2018Stan & Ollie review
Stan & Ollie is a formulaic and unimpressive biopic, but the performances ensure it makes a satisfying watch for fans of the iconic comedy duo.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 21st October 2018'Stan & Ollie': film review | London 2018
There was little that was bold or adventurous about Laurel and Hardy's comedy, which is doubtless why their films have not been rediscovered by younger generations over the past half-century; unusually for top comics, their work was benign, not subversive. But even if it only occasionally provokes big laughs, this sweet, small film makes you smile most of the way through, which may be a more uncommon feat.
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter, 21st October 2018