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Movie reviews: THE CHRISTOPHERS, NORMAL
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The Christophers The chemistry between actors is a mysterious thing, but sometimes it manifests in the way that their performance energies are completely different. That’s the dynamic on display in the story of Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), a London-based art-restoration expert who’s employed by the offspring (Jessica Gunning and James Corden) of once-celebrated artist Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) ostensibly to become Julian’s assistant, but really to complete a series of paintings that could fetch millions.
Those two kids are truly awful buffoons, and it’s the one major misstep in Ed Solomon’s…
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