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It has invoked the wrath of critics (and currently has a 8% on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mortdecai/)), inspiring some memorably savage critical barbs. Here are some of the harshest: [**Robbie Collin for** **_The Telegraph_**](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11356689/Mortdecai-review-psychotically-unfunny.html) “It’s hard to think of a way in which the experience of watching the new Johnny Depp film could be any worse, unless you returned home afterwards to discover that Depp himself had popped round while you were out and set fire to your house.” [**Kyle Smith** **for** **_The New York Post_**](http://nypost.com/2015/01/22/johnny-depps-eccentric-playboy-comedy-mortdecai-is-a-fop-flop/) “_Mortdecai_ typifies playful English wit in much the same way as Wimbledon is known for its monster truck rallies.” [**Brian Truitt,** **_USA Today_**](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/01/23/mortdecai-movie-review/22181023/) “The actor has done a lot better than this forgettable piece of bargain-basement low art.” [**Elizabeth Weitzman for** **_New York Daily News_**](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/mortdecai-movie-review-article-1.2088190) “Without anything funnier to offer, \[director David\] Koepp leans heavily on a pointless running joke about the way Mortdecai’s mustache continually triggers Johanna’s gag reflex. Should you find yourself subjected to this baffling display of wasted talent, time and resources, prepare to share her understandable instinct.” [**Stephen Holden for** **_The New York Times_**](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/movies/mortdecai-starring-johnny-depp.html) “What a frantically dull spectacle this vanity project is.” [**Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com**](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mortdecai-2015) _“_Like the film as a whole, \[Johnny Depp’s\] performance is such a spectacular miscalculation that it begins to generate a strange fascination in that you almost want to keep watching just to see how much worse it can possibly get before it finally comes to a merciful and long-overdue conclusion.” [**David Edelstein,** **_New York Magazine_**](http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/movie-review-mortdecai.html) “Having combed Roget’s _Thesaurus_ in vain for a suitable adjective to describe the Johnny Depp comedy _Mortdecai_, I’m forced to say it’s just … bad.” But not everyone thought the movie was a complete disaster. The _Los Angeles Times_ had a more generous take: [**Gary Goldstein,** **_LA Times_**](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mortdecai-review-20150123-story.html) “If the rest of the movie, directed by David Koepp (_Premium Rush_, _Secret Window_), isn’t quite as memorable as Depp’s screwball stylings, it’s a mostly zippy, well turned-out concoction. 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