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Martin and Lewis (2002)
Worst acting I've seen in years
Long story short: neither actor comes near capturing the spirit of the men they are playing, and even worse, if this movie were not about the famous duo, it would still stink. Sean Hayes is so far off base with his Lewis impersonation that it would be very difficult for anyone watching any of the scenes in isolation to even guess who he is playing, except maybe with those false choppers. But at least he looks a tiny bit like Lewis. Jeremy Northam, on the other hand, plays a smarmy version of Martin. You'd think that that would not be possible, but somehow he manages it. The saddest thing for me was seeing the club scenes where the audience's laughter comes across as completely undeserved. In the early scenes, "Lewis" is meant to flop, but in later scenes all that changes is that there is insincere laughter.
A 100% flop. I even switched the sound track to Spanish, hoping that the move would improve. A long shot that didn't work.