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A Cock and Bull Story
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Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy self-aware literary comedy, actorly sparring, and affectionate mockery of filmmaking pretensions.
- Tone
- satirical, playful, whimsical
- Payoff
- amusement, reflection
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- gentle
- Structure
- episodic
- Themes
- artistic ego, adaptation, performance, rivalry, romantic confusion
- Setting
- contemporary, stately-home film set and performers’ private lives
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