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61% Critic Match
A Cock and Bull Story
“Because everyone loves an accurate period piece.”
6.1 / 10• 2005• 1h 34m•R• English
ComedyHistory
Storyline
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
Cast & Crew
Steve Coogan
Tristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan
Lead
Rob Brydon
Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon
Keeley Hawes
Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
Shirley Henderson
Susannah / Shirley Henderson
Raymond Waring
Trim
CM
Conal Murphy
Six-Year-Old Tristam
JW
Joe Williams
Nine-Year-Old Tristam
Paul Kynman
Obadiah
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Winterbottom's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Cock and Bull Story is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
