Stan & Ollie

It is 1953, and comedy giants Laurel & Hardy – in need of money and out of fashion – embark on a variety hall tour of the UK. Despite the dwindling crowds, disinterested producers and cheap bedsits, the pair’s performances are undiminished. But with their friendship increasingly under strain, old wounds begin to reopen, while Ollie’s ill health threatens the future of their partnership.

A moving, tender depiction of two performers approaching their swan song, John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan shine in pitch-perfect imitations of a legendary creative friendship.