Terry Hunter reviews THE DUKE

Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 5:12 PM HST
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A new British comedy called THE DUKE, starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Hellen Mirren is showing only at Kahala Theaters right now. The movie is a sweet, heart warming, and very enjoyable comedy based on the true story of an eccentric cab driver who in 1961 stole a portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He didn’t take it for his own financial gain but, as he put it, for the “good of mankind.” Broadbent plays plays Kempton, a bumbling, would-be Robin Hood, whose goal is to give the ransom money he gets for the painting to poor senior citizens so they can pay the license fee required to watch BBC television. But, of course, nothing goes as planned. THE DUKE is evidence that true stories can be every bit as funny as fiction. (On Oahu at Kahala Theaters only)