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The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
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Toby Jones, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Taika Waititi, Nick Cave, Adeel Akhtar, Stewart Scudamore, Claire Foy, Siobhan McSweeney, Richard Ayoade, Andrea Riseborough, Phoebe Nicholls, Julian Barratt, Dorothy Atkinson, Asim Chaudhry, Stacy Martin, Crystal Clarke, Hayley Squires, Jamie Demetriou, James Eeles, Fehinti Balogun, Sharon Rooney, Sophia Di Martino, Indica Watson, Olivier Richters, Aimee Lou Wood, Daniel Rigby, Simon Munnery
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75
Cumberbatch excels once again at breathing life into a sorrowful genius.
70
Cumberbatch and Foy play beautifully together; the chemistry is palpable, and both performers know how to charm audiences without overselling the romance.
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Whether one considers said work to be worthy of a feature-length movie is almost entirely beside the point, since Stephenson and Sharpe have unearthed so much else that’s engaging about Wain’s story.
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is often quite charming and sweet. But there's an undercurrent of sadness running through the entire affair, and even when the film tries to convince us that there were good times among the bad, it's hard not to think how awful life must have been for several characters here.
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As tragic biopics go, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain isn’t interested in wallowing in misery. Instead, this amusing retelling of Wain’s life is a way to introduce his quirky illustrations to a new generation, putting them in a new light that’s more in line with the irreverent and animated creatures Wain once imagined years ago.
