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Acting
Rhys Ifans' shaggy charisma carries two hours of escalating absurdity.
Production
Gloriously tacky period detail that loves its era without mocking it.
Writing
Winks at its own myth-making without collapsing into total irony.

Director
Bernard Rose
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