Comedy doesn’t come easily for every actor, and while some of his most popular and celebrated movies have their moments of mirth, it’s never been the strongest tool Johnny Depp has at his disposal.

The 2015 Johnny Depp movie Mortdecai is a wild, madcap character comedy powered by the presence of a leading man who loses himself with gleeful abandon in the absurd and wacky title role. Depp and ...

I'm not really sure that the reason Johnny Depp's Mortdecai flopped was because all of those young Charlie Mortdecai fanatics weren't able to get into the theater on account of its R-rating. But ...

Johnny Depp's ego is so big in this excruciatingly embarrassing comedy, there is no place for a story, other actors or even a director on set. Johnny Depp as Mortdecai. Picture: Supplied. He ...

Mortdecai is a glossy caper comedy predicated on the belief that Johnny Depp playing a silly English twit, all aristocratic pompousness and leering innuendo, is inherently funny. The film's confidence ...

If you're going to see one movie about a dandy, mustachioed gentleman on a caper involving stolen artwork and featuring an appearance by Jeff Goldblum, make it "The Grand Budapest Hotel." However, if ...

Any film credited with its own "mustache wrangler" really should have been much more fun than Johnny Depp's latest misfiring action-comedy. Mostly set in contemporary England, but aiming for the zingy ...

Johnny Depp as an updated Baron Munchausen. Even in the middle of watching this hugely entertaining Johnny Depp slapstick-a-thon the viewer finds him/herself wondering if the great actor’s best days ...

Translating books into films has to be difficult enough, but translating a comedic one must be the pinnacle of problematic for screenwriters. First, they must decide if they'll keep the book's sense ...

Breaking free of the critical lynch mob that greeted it stateside, the retro spy spoof Johnny Depp vehicle Mortdecai arrives in Australia sans advance press screening. Which was lucky, in a way; ...