Mindhorn (2016)

Directed by

Sean Foley

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 319 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A washed-up actor who once played a psychic detective on TV is asked to help police with a real case. A fugitive will only talk to the fictional detective, so the actor must pretend the character is real.

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What happens

Mindhorn is a 2016 British independent comedy film directed by Sean Foley, written by Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby, and executive produced by Steve Coogan and Ridley Scott. It stars Barratt, Farnaby, Essie Davis, Russell Tovey and Andrea Riseborough, with cameo appearances by Kenneth Branagh and Simon Callow as themselves. Barratt plays Richard Thorncroft, a faded television actor drawn into negotiations with a criminal who believes his character Detective Mindhorn is real. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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