Lori (Coel) divides her time between freelance art restoration and work in a food truck. Her lacklustre fortunes change when she’s approached by the estranged heirs (Gunning, Corden) of brilliant painter Julian Sklar (McKellen) with an exciting proposition: Lori will steal a series of long-abandoned paintings (‘The Christophers’) from Sklar’s London home, complete them and reap a third of the profits once the paintings are sold after Sklar’s imminent death. What could possibly go wrong?
Brilliantly scripted by Ed Solomon, blisteringly performed by an acerbic McKellen and a cagey Coel, The Christophers is a witty, exhilarating and complex new offering from Soderbergh that serves up thorny truths about youth and old age, artistic integrity and legacy.
