河马

由约翰·詹克斯执导，据史蒂芬·弗莱的同名小说改编而成。事业失意的诗人泰德·华莱士被他的朋友洛根邀请到其乡村庄园小住一段时间。由于最近在庄园里发生了一些奇怪的事情，泰德开始调查事情发生的原因。15岁的少年大卫·洛根，在洛根夫妇看来拥有一双有治愈能力的双手。洛根夫妇准备在聚会上向客人公开大卫的天赋，但是被泰德用一些奇特的方法证明那些奇怪的事情其实是一个骗局，从而挽救了大卫之后的尴尬局面。A country manor mystery that's actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners, The Hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry. It centers on a lapsed poet, failed drama critic, redundant husband and hard-working drunk, Ted Wallace (the mellifluously voiced Roger Allam in a rare starring role). Fired from his newspaper job, Ted leaps at the chance to drown his sorrows at his old friend's country estate, Swafford Hall. A series of spiritual healings have recently put the household in a tizzy. The purported miracle worker is his hosts' teenage son, Ted's godson, David (Tommy Knight). Lord and Lady Logan are set on sharing their boy's "gift" with the world, blissfully unaware that his "laying on of hands" trick involves, well, an emphasis on "laying." At odds with a colorful party of fellow guests only too ready to swallow anything they're told, Ted sets out to prove the miracles are a hoax and save the young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.