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unfold.
The period is realised fantastically and the level of detail is
astounding, its very easy to forget you are watching Rhys Ifans and
Aiden McArdle so well do they inhabit the skin of Cook and Moore.
Their
relationship, seen pretty much only from the point of view of Cook, is
pictured as highly self destructive (but then again so are most of
Cook's other relationships), Cook always putting Moore down and bitter
and resentful when Moore finds success in Hollywood.
There
is a real streak of melancholy that runs right through the heart of Not
Only But Always, neither Cook or Moore seem to have spent much of their
lives satisfied with their lot. Ifans proves yet again what a great
actor he is, make no doubt about it, he is Peter Cook.
Not
Only But Always is a hugely entertaining riff on the lives of two
legends and anyone with even a vague interest in British comedy should
see it immediately, it also stands as great drama in its own
right.
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