The hippopotamus 2017 15 06022017 gb comedy 1h 26m user score. If you like to get search results as rss after search, click on icon at bottom. Unfortunately, the movie is a far cry from the novel it is based on. Now after we got that out of the way, lets focus on this movie. Met matthew modine, emily berrington en fiona shaw. Tim mcinnerny notting hill, game of thrones plays the flamboyant and. It centers on a lapsed poet, failed drama critic, redundant husband and hardworking drunk, ted wallace the mellifluously voiced roger allam in a rare starring role.
Overview of hippopotamus, the, 2017, directed by john jencks, with tommy knight, matthew modine, fiona shaw, at turner classic movies. After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the thirdlargest type of land mammal and the heaviest. Roger allam elevates a wonky country house mystery with a wholeheartedly verbose performance. The hippopotamus 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. May 22, 2017 lacking the zeal and comic energy that the material requires, the hippopotamus feels like a souffl that has failed to rise, leaving a film that can only be recommended to diehard. The hippopotamus is a 2017 british film, adapted from stephen frys 1994 novel of the same name.
Unemployed poet if there can be such a thing and an alcoholic same person is sent to investigate if miracles still exist. The hippopotamus 2017 hdfast watch full movies online. We let you watch movies online without having to register or. Witty british humor combined with a clever plot, amusing characters top with a superb performance by the leading actor roger allam. After seeing the movie my best guess regarding the title is that it refers to the hippopotamus in the room. Threetime olivier award winner roger allam endeavor, the. Roger allan plays the grumpy old frump alcoholic detective to a t. Poet ted wallace is summoned to his friends country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. Shes trapped in a basement, her legs are broken and she cant remember who she is or how she got there. The hippopotamus 2017 full movie online myflixer myflixer is a free movies streaming site with zero ads. The hippopotamus isnt a long film one of the reasons i love british movies so much is that they rarely go over 98 minutes though it does drag slightly in the middle with lots of wandering round fields looking for people. I first saw a screening of this movie and loved it so much, i just had to buy it. Well i found it amusing, one of the funnier films ive seen in past 12 months.
The hippopotamus 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Filmed in 2015 under the direction of john jencks, the film chronicles a failed poet who is summoned to his friends country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. The hippopotamus is the story of a poet who is summoned to his friends country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. Hippopotamus 2017 full movie online myflixer myflixer is a free movies streaming site with zero ads. The hippopotamus 2017 john jencks releases allmovie. Filmed in 2015 under the direction of john jencks, the film. Stephen fry was at the height of his popularity, he was clever, droll and sharp. Starring roger allam, fiona shaw, tim mcinnerny, emily berrington, geraldine somerville, and matthew modine. With roger allam, tim charles, rod glenn, amanda holt. Disgraced poet ted wallace is summoned to his friends country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. With ingvild deila, jonathan cobb, tom lincoln, stuart mortimer. The hippopotamus 2017 bluray 1080p 720p brrip x264 english. A country manor mystery thats actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners, the hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the bestselling novel by stephen fry.
Ruby is focused on trying to escape until tom starts helping her to remember her past and she begins to question everything. Roger allam plays a whiskeyswilling washedup poet in the hippopotamus, a comedy that marks the first screen adaptation of stephen frys. The first act brilliantly sets the tone though, and the last third really picks up pace. Financial analysis of the hippopotamus 2017 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Ted wallace, a washed up, alcoholic theatre critic, is recruited by his estranged goddaughter to establish if a miracle has occurred at the ancestral home of his oldest friend, leading him on a journey of misadventure. This adaptation of stephen frys comic novel about an ageing alcoholic and his apparently miraculous godson relies so heavily on voiceover. The hippopotamus 2017 cast and crew poet ted wallace is summoned to his friends country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
The name comes from the ancient greek for river horse. Ruby wakes from a bad dream to find herself in a real life nightmare. That said, the hippopotamus is still an entertaining movie. Its a cleverly written comedydrama with a lot of different influences, but if i had to sum it up in one sentence. Hippopotamus full full movie, hippopotamus full full movie streaming hippopotamus full movie engsub watch hippopotamus full english full movie online hippopotamus full film online watch. Hippopotamus, or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to subsaharan africa, and one of only two extant species in the family hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus. Starring tim mcinnerny, roger allam, matthew modine, emily berrington, russell tovey. Seemingly from out of nowhere, this film generates perhaps the biggest smile of any movie. At the time the book was mildly shocking, moderately funny and quite witty.
Find release information for the hippopotamus 2017 john jencks on allmovie. Fiona shaw five harry potter movies costars as the doting mother lady logan. This is a great movie but be warned since there is no rating, it is probably pg hitting r. Now watching it again with my friends, its even more enjoyable.