Put an infinite number of studio executives in a room, and sooner or later one will green-light a truly good remake of a classic film.
Sadly, Russell Brand's "Arthur" is not it, although it is at least a benign bit of fluff that should please younger audiences unfamiliar with the 1981 comedy, even if purists who adore the original may hate this version.
"Arthur" is respectful of and faithful to Dudley Moore's original; maybe too much so. The filmmakers tweak things here and there to modernize the story and fit the persona of drunken, debauched, billionaire man-child onto Brand (not surprisingly, it is no stretch for the British comic with the party-boy past).
Yet the …
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