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A mildly amusing British comedy that doesn’t really make the most of its relatively interesting premise despite the best efforts of Julian Barratt in the lead role.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

This is a pretty silly film - its a British comedy type spoof of sorts, of a washed up actor from a 1980s detective show. It features quite a lot of crude language, more specifically sex references and the titular character is a bit like an Alan Partridge type - indeed Steve Coogan, who plays Alan Partridge, features in this film asn ex-colleague of Mindhorn. Its quite a cheesy film and a little cliched I thought. Its fairly entertaining I suppose and its an easy enough watch, generally but its certainly nothing new and its definitely not the sort of film I'm likely to think about at all after seeing it. If it comes on TV then it may be worth a watch, if there's little else on I suppose but thats about all I can say for it really, so I wouldn't especially recommend it, no.

After seeing the trailer, I was surprised at how funny this movie was. It's far from perfect but it is witty, original and carried by the energy of Barratt.

I did not expect to like this but I did. Barratt is really funny as Mindhorn in this frankly ridiculous extraordinary comedy which left me with a sense of discovering a little unpolished gem.

Surprisingly good. Has enough charm and jokes to be an entertaining watch. One of the few Netflix produced Movies that is worth watching