What happiness: laughter and smiles punctuate this delicious British comedy, in which an ordinary person in his sixties (Jim Broadbent), often unemployed, mows down the portrait of Wellington by Goya exhibited at the National Gallery to protest against the tax on TV. The police are convinced that the theft was carried out by professional mobsters, and skate. Our culprit is having fun, to the chagrin of his wife.
And when it comes time to go to court, the farce becomes huge. Last film by Roger Michell (“Love at first sight in Notting Hill”), who died in September 2021, this authentic story reconnects with the English humor of fifties cinema. The casting is ultra-perfect: Jim Broadbent is brilliant, and Helen Mirren is a very unexpected hottie.
Tuesday January 10 at 9 p.m. on Canal+. British comedy by Roger Michell (2022). With Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead. 1h35. (Multicast and On Demand).
