The Hippopotamus 2017 123movies

Watch: The Hippopotamus 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – A country manor mystery that’s actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners, The Hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry. It centers on a lapsed poet, failed drama critic, redundant husband and hard-working drunk, Ted Wallace (the mellifluously voiced Roger Allam in a rare starring role). Fired from his newspaper job, Ted leaps at the chance to drown his sorrows at his old friend’s country estate, Swafford Hall. A series of spiritual healings have recently put the household in a tizzy. The purported miracle worker is his hosts’ teenage son, Ted’s godson, David (Tommy Knight). Lord and Lady Logan are set on sharing their boy’s “gift” with the world, blissfully unaware that his “laying on of hands” trick involves, well, an emphasis on “laying.” At odds with a colorful party of fellow guests only too ready to swallow anything they’re told, Ted sets out to prove the miracles are a hoax and save the young man from a lifetime of embarrassment..
Plot: Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
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Ratings:

	6.3/10 Votes: 4,066
	57% | RottenTomatoes
	46/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 96 Popularity: 5.567 | TMDB

Reviews:

Delightful hidden gem
I could feel Stephen Fry in the leading role, that’s how good Roger Allam is. He also carried the movie through the slow beginning. The story is intriguing, fun, sad, and happy, all at the same time. It’s a shame I hadn’t heard of it until I happened upon it while browsing the free section of Amazon Prime. Well worth a watch, as long as one is not very religious or uptight.

Coarse and not particularly humorous attempt at a raunchy comedy of mismanners
Despite the promising premise and cast, I found the “The Hippopotamus” to be very disappointing. Much of the ‘humour’ came from Roger Allam’s foul-mouthed muttering and yelling. A little bit goes a long way and (IMO) incessant profanity in a comedy is usually sign of a lacklustre script (like third-rate stand-up – if you’re not funny, yell ‘F—‘ a lot and hope for cheap laughs). The story, which finds Allam’s obnoxious washed-up poet “investigating” claims of miraculous cures at a country estate starts off promisingly but then degenerates into a series of embarrassing sex-sight-gags. Given that this was based on a book by the talented Stephan Fry and included some fine British comic actors (e.g. Tim McInnerny was great in the Blackadder series), “The Hippopotamus” was a real let-down.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy
Director John Jencks
Writer Stephen Fry, Blanche McIntyre, Tom Hodgson
Actors Roger Allam, Tim Charles, Rod Glenn
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa XT, Hawk V-Series Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Codex ARRIRAW (2.8K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Hawk Scope (anamorphic) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema