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The Hippopotamus (2017)
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Comedy
Matthew Modine , Russell Tovey , Geraldine Somerville , Emily Berrington , Fiona Shaw , Roger Allam , Tim McInnerny , Adrian Bouchet , Lyne Renee ,
Tommy Knight , John Standing , Sebastian Croft , Benedict Taylor , Daniel Eghan , Richard Glover
John Jencks
89
2017
A country manor mystery that's actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners| The Hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry.
It centers on a lapsed poet| failed drama critic| redundant husband and hard-working drunk| Ted Wallace (the mellifluously voiced Roger Allam in a rare starring
role). Fired from his newspaper job| Ted leaps at the chance to drown his sorrows at his old friend's country estate| Swafford Hall. A series of spiritual healings
have recently put the household in a tizzy. The purported miracle worker is his hosts' teenage son| Ted's godson| David (Tommy Knight). Lord and Lady Logan are set
on sharing their boy's "gift" with the world| blissfully unaware that his "laying on of hands" trick involves| well| an emphasis on "laying." At odds with a colorful
party of fellow guests only too ready to swallow anything they're told| Ted sets out to prove the miracles are a hoax and save the young man from a lifetime of
embarrassment.