The untold story of the world’s greatest comedy act.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Danny Huston, Joseph Balderrama, John Henshaw |
| Director |
Jon S. Baird |
| Screenplay | Jeff Pope, from the book by 'A.J.' Marriot |
| Music | Edit Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography | Laurie Rose |
| Editing | Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Billy Sneddon |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Entertainment One, BBC Films, Baby Cow Films, Fable Pictures, Laurel and Hardy Feature Productions, Sonesta Films |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for some language, and for smoking |
| Runtime | 98 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 10 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Christiaan Boonzaier  Komedieduo wys nie hier veel humor. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky Stan & Ollie may not exactly stray far from well-worn biopic tropes, but that doesn’t stop it from being a film that, much like its two incredible stars, seldom puts a foot wrong. Quite why it took so long to get here, then, is anyone’s guess but it’s a pleasure to say that it was well worth the wait. | 15 |  |
| RSG Leon van Nierop | 16 | |
| Metacritic.com 41 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 203 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Stan & Ollie pays tribute to a pair of beloved entertainers with an affectionate look behind the scenes -- and a moving look at the burdens and blessings of a creative bond. | 19 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Gentle, affectionate portrait of aging legendary comics. | 15 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy They’re certainly fun to watch, but this is Coogan and Reilly’s show and the two make for believable flesh, blood, and soul representations of the real-life men both on stage (from what I recall) and off that (which I’m guessing is accurate in full or at least to some degree). While the scale of the story is small, that’s appropriate for this all-too-familiar tale of once mega-famous performers still out there, grinding away, even if their audiences and resultant fame are mere shadows of themselves. | 13 |  |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 66 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 1680 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 17 | |
| IMDB 18421 Netizens | 15 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 | |