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      Not Only... but Always

      2004 2 hr. 5 min. Drama List
      Reviews 72% 500+ Ratings Audience Score British comics Peter Cook (Rhys Ifans) and Dudley Moore (Aidan McArdle) meet in the 1960s and form an often tempestuous partnership. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Rhys Ifans is fucking incredible in this. Derek and Clive, pure genius. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting film. It is based on the bio by Peter Cook so it focused more on him and his life than on Dudley Moore. Both actors are excellent at portraying these two distinct men. The way the story is told though is choppy and seems somewhat jumbled. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Biopic of the late, great Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. Amazing casting with both Rhys Ifans & Aidan McArdle being so good you forget that they are actors playing Pete & Dud. Jonathan Miller & Alan Bennett are also portrayed very well. Quite sad in parts but also very funny & not afraid to show the darker side which added to Peter Cook's edge. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member When a life is as extraordinary as Peter Cook's it's difficult to fit it into 100 minutes, and this film doesn't quite do it, but it is a worthy achievement nonetheless. Rhys Ifans is fantastic as Cook, portraying a tortured but unbelievably quick mind. Well worth a watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Always enjoyed Pete and Dud... went into this not knowing what to expect - enjoyed it a lot. Maybe a little superficial in some areas but gives a good overall feel for their off-screen relationship. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member a great and nostalgic look at two english comedy greats peter cook and dudley moore and there really bad working relationship, and solo careers, it sems there working ways just dident gel, and many nights of bad stage performance, there up and downs and hi life, cooks jealousy at moores hollywood career,and possibly, a criticly better career. rhys fans, as cook is superb, a welshman nailing cooks english acent, and charactor, also aidan mcardle as moore, again nailing his charactor, what starts off as possibly a film about cooke soon turns into a film about both, and moore and cooke getting equal share of screen time, the film covers good ground, and although like all biographies, events probely changed, charactors created, me not being the biggest fan of the two, and not knowing much, i certainly was informed, and am certainly interested exploring there work more, lots of cook and moore work getting recreated here, and although im not best to judge, seems genuin and looks good, Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rory L. Aronsky Film Threat Ifans and McArdle disappear and become the men they portray. Rated: 4/5 Oct 5, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis British comics Peter Cook (Rhys Ifans) and Dudley Moore (Aidan McArdle) meet in the 1960s and form an often tempestuous partnership.
      Director
      Terry Johnson
      Executive Producer
      Charles Pattinson
      Screenwriter
      Terry Johnson
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 4, 2005