2026 · crime · comedy
The Christophers
Directed by Steven Soderbergh1h 40m2026
The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death.
Our read: The Christophers (2026) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded crime · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured crime / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
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“You want witty chamber comedy about art forgery and unlikely friendship.”
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