Arthur (Blu-ray) PG-13
Meet the world's only loveable billionaire.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Russell Brand, Helen Mirren & Jennifer Garner | |
Performer: | Greta Gerwig, Luis Guzmán, Geraldine James & Nick Nolte | |
Directed by | Jason Winer | |
Edited by | Brent White | |
Screenplay by | Peter Baynham | |
Composition by | Theodore Shapiro | |
Story by | Steve Gordon | |
Director of Photography: | Uta Briesewitz |
Entertainment Reviews:
3 stars out of 4 -- ARTHURS is a fairly close remake of the great 1981 Dudley Moore movie, with pleasures of its own....The dialogue is well-written -- witty and quick and not clunky.
Chicago Sun-Times
The original Arthur was a pretty mirthless affair, but the crude remake starring Russell Brand is infinitely worse...
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Guardian
Whereas [Dudley] Moore somehow managed to make his Arthur endearing and lovable, Brand's Arthur is puerile, infantile and hateful.
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The Spectator
Rating: 2/5 --
The biggest sin is that Arthur, who was such a soulful, delightful, oddly life-affirming character when played by Dudley Moore, is here merely a boring drunk. Where's the fun in that?
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 1.5/5 --
Lacking the charm and humor of the original, this unfunny remake is completely unnecessary.
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Big Hollywood
Rating: 3/5 --
This Arthur closely tracks the plot of the original, but it has a heart of its own.
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Washington Examiner
If there's anything worse than a watered-down, big-screen sitcom, it's a watered-down, big-screen sitcom that gets all socially responsible on us at the end
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Film Comment Magazine
Product Description:
The immature heir to a billion-dollar empire finds himself cut off from the family fortune after rejecting his arranged marriage to a nouveau riche socialite, and instead falling for a free-spirited unlicensed tour guide in this remake of the sentimental 1981 comedy starring Dudley Moore. Arthur (Russell Brand) was raised in the lap of luxury. His family is wealthy beyond compare, and ever since he was a child his every whim has been catered to by his nanny, Hobson (Helen Mirren), and his chauffeur, Bitterman (Luis Guzman). But the party starts to wind down when Arthur's domineering mother (Geraldine James) insists that he marry Susan (Jennifer Garner), the daughter of a self-made millionaire (Nick Nolte) who isn't above intimidating his future son-in-law into marriage. Vehemently opposed to the idea due to the fact that he and Susan have nothing in common, Arthur rejects the proposal after falling in love with Linda (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring children's book author who pays the rent by giving unofficial tours of Grand Central Station. As a result, Arthur has to decide if he can face life as a normal member of the working class -- and without his trusty flask of booze. Television veteran Jason Winer (MODERN FAMILY) directs from a script by Peter Baynham (BRÜNO, BORAT).