The Christophers
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“Think of this as a way to get revenge”
Overview
Steven Soderbergh directs powerhouses Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel in The Christophers, a tightly-wound dark comedy of greed, ambition and artistic legacy. McKellen plays Julian Sklar, a once highly esteemed painter now reduced to scraping by on reality TV show appearances, from whom grasping heirs Barnaby (James Corden) and Sally (Jessica Gunning) are determined to wring some more money after he passes. They recruit Sally's old art school friend Lori (Coel, I May Destroy You) to infiltrate their father's life, find a long-rumoured cache of unfinished canvasses from his heyday and "complete" them for auction.
“Onscreen chemistry of the year.”
“The kind of movie only a master filmmaker could have made”
“A terrific two-hander”
Why See This Film
Hidden agendas and duplicity are Soderbergh favourites and he revels in them with The Christophers, constructing a wonderfully entertaining sparring match between two bruised souls. McKellen and Coel play out the complex dynamic between their has-been and never-was artists with a deft touch, exploring the aspects of identity that have put them on the margins and the vengeful egos that have kept them there.
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