Laurel & Hardy are two of the finest double acts ever. This tells the story of their visit to the UK in the latter stages of their careers when the golden era is long gone. Steve Coogan plays Stan Laurel & John C. Reilly plays Oliver Hardy and I really like Coogan and have mixed feelings about Reilly although his recent outing in Kong: Skull Island shows he can still deliver a solid performance. The story moves to 1953 in Newcastle however where they shot this is in Dudley where I live so it was the rare instance where I was taken out of the location filming. That’s not a criticism that most people are going to have because they have never been there or will go there but it was one of two times I spotted areas of The Black Country Living Museum and it was fun to see. Like Laurel & Hardy, Steve Coogan & John C. Reilly have very good chemistry together. Despite being a big fan of Alan Partridge and thinking that this is his best ever role, I enjoyed Coogan as Stan Laurel....
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