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    TV Films

    Dec 12, 2021 4 minutes
    by RUSSELL BAILLIE

    SATURDAY DECEMBER 18

    MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY (TVNZ2, 7.00pm). In which Rowan Atkinson took his profitable Jacques Tati homage to France for one last live-action outing. (2007)

    DR. SEUSS’ THE GRINCH (Three, 7.00pm). An enjoyable animated take on the Seuss classic Christmas tale, with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the furry dayglo-green grump on his mission to ruin the season for the cheerful residents of Whoville. (2018)

    FRANKIE (Rialto, 8.30pm). American indie director Ira Sachs gathers a cosmopolitan cast around Isabelle Huppert, who plays a dying screen star who has invited family and friends to a Portuguese coastal resort for a final holiday. A rather listless melodrama. (2019)

    Preachy, superficial rehab comedy-drama starring Sandra Bullock as an alcoholic undergoing

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