Ebony & Ivory

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Ebony & Ivory

Released Aug 8

1h 27m

Comedy

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Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a global Number One smash hit single.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

“Ebony and Ivory” is one of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 8, 2025

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

Grating, juvenile and repetitive, this eccentric stoner farce written and directed by Jim Hosking feels at times more like an experiment in social conditioning than a comedy...

Aug 7, 2025

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Surrealist absurdity of the highest (or is that lowest?) order, a comedy that’s so unabashedly out there that it practically dares audiences to reject it.

Aug 7, 2025

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Luke Gorham

In Review Online

Superficial grotesquerie and word salad-driven social intercourse [misses] the point of Hosking’s comedy. He understands the punchline to be passé — or put differently, the punchline to be its very absence.

Sep 6, 2025

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

When it works, though, its bizarrely bonkers banality is often hilarious, especially if you are on Hosking's rarefied wavelength.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 30, 2025

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Dave Canfield

ScreenAnarchy

Fun and playful and experimental. ... My advice is to see this in a packed theater or with a large group of friends. If you do see it at home, make sure you have lots of off-brand soda and cocoa on hand. You may even need a bit of the ole doobie-woobie.

Aug 14, 2025

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Todd

Greasy Strangler A++, Tropical Cop Tales A++, Beverly Lufftlynn D-. Ebony and Ivory lives somewhere in between the highs and lows. It’s a bit masterbatory which I would think I’d love from Hoskins orevious genius, but this film is too repetitive, slow and tries your patience in every scene. I appreciate the film. Glad I saw it. Very cool to see a film with 2 actors in one location. Looks and sounds fantastic! But there’s not enough here. No plot, not a lot of anything. Will keep seeing Hoskins films. Fan for life. Would love to collab with him. This film is a bit more of a long short then a full concept feature.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Synopsis

Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a global Number One smash hit single.

Director: Jim Hosking
Producer: Theo Brooks, Jim Hosking, Denzil Monk, Ant Timpson
Screenwriter: Jim Hosking
Distributor: Drafthouse Films
Production Co: Sweetshop, SpectreVision, Bosena, Timpson Films, Reingeist Productions
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 8, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 8, 2025
Runtime: 1h 27m

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