‘Heretic’ Does the Impossible—Makes Hugh Grant Boring

Since he first popped and fopped into our moviegoing lives in the late ’80s, Hugh Grant has been charming, cloying, hilariously funny and sometimes menacing. He managed all four while also playfully sending himself up when he embodied an egotistical actor antagonizing a teddy bear in 2017’s Paddington 2, arguably the best film of the last decade. (True or not, it is a fun argument to make.) What he can never be accused of being is dull, even in dull movies.

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Well, that streak is over.

HERETIC ★1/2 (1.5/4 stars)
Directed by: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Written by: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace
Running time: 110 mins.

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