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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 80/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 2,391 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
157 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward NogriaOriginal Music Composer
- Michael WinterbottomDirector
- Frank Cottrell BoyceWriter
Cast
- Steve CooganTristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan
- Rob BrydonToby Shandy / Rob Brydon
- Keeley HawesElizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
- Shirley HendersonSusannah / Shirley Henderson
- Raymond WaringTrim
- Conal MurphySix-Year-Old Tristam
- Joe WilliamsNine-Year-Old Tristam
- Paul KynmanObadiah
- Mark TandyLondon Doctor
- Dylan MoranDr. Slop
- Jack ShepherdSurgeon
- David WalliamsParson
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