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Critics Consensus: Stan & Ollie pays tribute to a pair of beloved entertainers with an affectionate look behind the scenes -- and a moving look at the burdens and blessings of a creative bond.
Critic Consensus: Stan & Ollie pays tribute to a pair of beloved entertainers with an affectionate look behind the scenes -- and a moving look at the burdens and blessings of a creative bond.
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Coogan and Reilly perform the alchemist's feat of turning lead into gold, finessing all the trademark details - Laurel's puzzled head-scratching, Hardy's flirtatious tie-flipping, the duo's adorable dance moves - with skill and affection.
"Stan & Ollie..." has allowed viewers to understand what made their characters so great, and so beloved, in a film that magnanimously invites us into a world no less recognizable for being almost entirely erased.
[D]on't expect a comprehensive look into their careers or how they became famous. Instead, director Jon S. Baird tackles the heart of their relationship.
Thanks to the subtle brilliance of Reilly and Coogan, even someone who's never heard of Laurel and Hardy would likely see how magical these two were together.
Baird seems to have an instinctive grasp that the best course of action would be to trust his performers. Well played, sir.
It's valedictory, with a sense of the ephemeral nature of life, the inevitability of regret, and the bittersweetness of looking back on past happiness.
...done with sensitivity and subtlety.
It bubbles with imaginative comic energy.
The movie Stan & Ollie pays fitting tribute to the comic duo, focusing on them mostly at the end of their careers.
Jon S Baird's affectionate tribute to the genius of Laurel & Hardy is as heart-warming as it is tear-jerking - and a film that successfully ensures their legend will live on.
But it's Coogan and Reilly who take the pratfalls with a smile and lift the proceedings to the heights of sentimental warmth.
Those expecting Laurel & Hardy style laughs will be disappointed, obviously, given the movie's comedy-lions-in-winter theme. But this thoughtful portrait of a showbiz "marriage" rings touchingly true.
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