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Unlike the sanitized heroes of modern media, is unabashedly selfish. He hates his dimwitted manservant, Jock (a former wrestler and psychopath), he resents his wealthy wife, Johanna, and he despises the police inspector who tolerates him. Yet, we love him. Why? Because Mortdecai says the quiet part out loud. He is the id of the aristocracy. The Literary Genius of the "Squalid Trilogy" Kyril Bonfigliolo was a Polish-born art dealer who once served as an officer in the British Army. He didn’t write his first Mortdecai novel until he was in his 40s. That biography is essential to understanding the text. The Mortdecai books are not thriller novels; they are comic masterpieces disguised as thrillers. mortdecai
The Mortdecai movie was savaged by critics. It holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed a mere $47 million worldwide against a $60 million budget. Superficially, the film is a disaster. Depp’s accent wanders across the British Isles, the mustache is prosthetic (and looks it), and the tone veers wildly between slapstick and action-adventure. The keyword "" is a litmus test