Cox's Pippin

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2008)

I'm writing this within half an hour of watching the movie because if I delay there's a very real chance that I'll forget about 90% of what went on. Yes, I laughed out loud several times and yes, it was reasonably entertaining from beginning to end but five years from now if I check the TV channels and one is playing, say, Ninotchka, another, say, Some Like It Hot - both of which I have seen several times - the only dilemma I'll be facing is whether to go with Garbo or Lemmon. On the other hand there's no doubt that this is a crowd-pleaser with an excellent cast; if, for example, Frances MacDormand has ever given a bad performance I don't know about it and whilst I can take or leave Clooney, Pitt and Malkovitch they did, on this occasion, generate a few laughs. And that's about it, I'm afraid.