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I’m probably alone in the wilderness here, but I actually enjoyed Hugh Grant’s off-brand performance in The Gentlemen, and thought it was a highlight of the movie. I think the attempt to expand his range a bit under the radar has been pretty successful.

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The ending is lousy in such a way to, well, undo the episodes that precede it but he's really good in THE UNDOING.

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Loved him in The Undoing. I think it was after this role that in an interview he said something along the lines of, "Who am I going to murder next? I can't wait!" From romantic lead (Four Weddings) to romantic heel (Bridget Jones) to goofy evil (Paddington) to full-on horror baddie - the trajectory tracks, and it tracks very well.

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He’s quite good in the absurdly named Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. Both he and Josh Hartnet are clearly having a lot of fun. It’s a stellar movie for a rained out ballgame.

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