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Mindhorn

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A has-been actor, known for playing British detective Mindhorn, works alongside the police to catch a serial killer who will only speak to Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Mindhorn

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Critics Consensus

Led by a committed performance from Julian Barratt, Mindhorn offers audiences a laugh-out-loud comedy whose sublime silliness is enhanced by its more thoughtful moments.

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 05/07/2017
3/5
Mindhorn keeps the laughs coming, even while giving the impression of being a 30-minute TV sketch stretched out to a 90-minute feature. Go to Full Review
Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard 05/05/2017
3/5
Barratt's delightfulness can't disguise the mediocrity of Mindhorn. Go to Full Review
Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 05/05/2017
2/5
A delicious central premise and a thoughtfully crafted protagonist are ultimately betrayed in this scattershot comedy from the Mighty Boosh stable that's all promise and dwindling rewards. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 05/01/2024
3/5
…even if it proved to be too much of an insider’s joke for viewers, Mindhorn is still an engaging comic creation, a pleaure in pleather from Simon Farnaby’s fertile imagination… Go to Full Review
Olly Richards NME (New Musical Express) 05/04/2021
4/5
Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh is inexhaustibly great... Go to Full Review
Katie Hogan VultureHound 02/04/2020
5/5
The film is faultless and it's a great to see such a brilliantly assembled cast. Comedy is alive and well in the UK. Go to Full Review
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Jonathan G Sep 14 Awful, not in the slightest bit funny! See more Gareth v 06/21/2023 After seeing the trailer, I was surprised at how funny this movie was. It's far from perfect but it is witty, original and carried by the energy of Barratt. See more T T 04/30/2023 I loved this cheesy British comedy. It's silly but quite funny. I laughed out loud many times. This 2017 low budget movie is better than the often lousy bs, overrated, and unfunny Hollywood comedies churned out every year. See more isla s 09/04/2022 This is a pretty silly film - its a British comedy type spoof of sorts, of a washed up actor from a 1980s detective show. It features quite a lot of crude language, more specifically sex references and the titular character is a bit like an Alan Partridge type - indeed Steve Coogan, who plays Alan Partridge, features in this film asn ex-colleague of Mindhorn. Its quite a cheesy film and a little cliched I thought. Its fairly entertaining I suppose and its an easy enough watch, generally but its certainly nothing new and its definitely not the sort of film I'm likely to think about at all after seeing it. If it comes on TV then it may be worth a watch, if there's little else on I suppose but thats about all I can say for it really, so I wouldn't especially recommend it, no. See more @patseitz 08/15/2021 I loved this movie. A great send-up of cheesy old TV shows. See more 03/03/2021 Pretty shit to be fair most of the characters where annoying and the plot boring. The only character i liked was Jasmine and she had nearly no screen time. Yeah it was just very boring See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A has-been actor, known for playing British detective Mindhorn, works alongside the police to catch a serial killer who will only speak to Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Director
Sean Foley
Producer
Jack Arbuthnott, Laura Hastings-Smith
Screenwriter
Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 29m