Chris Morris (I)
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, producer and composer
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There's a bit of a dog-whistle quality to Chris Morris's new film The Day Shall Come. The maverick British satirist's first film since the excellent Four Lions finds him taking aim at the institutional ineptitude and systemic racism of America's security services, zeroing in on a plausibly absurd scheme by the FBI to meet its counter-terrorism targets by entrapping a delusional but harmless black revolutionary preacher (a wonderfully guileless performance by Marchánt Davis) into becoming an arms dealer, even though he's against guns and really just wants to use his fledgling movement to prevent gentrification in his Miami neighbourhood. As the FBI agent who targets him, realises her mistake then finds herself unable to right her wrong without ruining her career, Anna Kendrick leads a more-than-capable cast, but both the script and the performances fall back on that bumbling, throw-away style familiar from TV shows such as The Thick of It and Veep and neither the humour nor the horror it's trying to expose really connects with the current moment. It plays more like a film about the Bush/Cheney era than Trump's America.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 10th October 2019The Day Shall Come: review
Marchánt Davis gives a star-making performance in Chris Morris's half-baked satire.
Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 10th October 2019The Day Shall Come review
The heart and soul of Four Lions was its greatest triumph. The jokes were great, naturally. But what made us care about those brainless idiots wasn't the wisecracks. It was the characters underneath. The Day Shall Come is clever - and a serious feat of filmmaking. You just can't quite love it in the same way.
NME, 9th October 2019The Day Shall Come review
The truth is stranger than fiction in Chris Morris' first film since 2010's Four Lions.
Steven Sheehan, The Digital Fix, 8th October 2019The Day Shall Come review
Chris Morris returns to the war on terror with an eye-opening satire that's as fresh as it is funny.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 7th October 2019Film review: The Day Shall Come
Maybe Morris is getting more serious as he gets older or maybe we live in more serious times, but there are less laughs here than in Four Lions.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019The Day Shall Come: Chris Morris on his new FBI
Chris Morris is best known for his satire of current affairs in the BBC's On The Hour and The Day Today. In his new film, The Day Shall Come, he tackles the FBI's fight against extremism. In a rare broadcast interview, Chris Morris has been talking to Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge.
Nicola Stanbridge, BBC, 2nd October 2019The explosive return of Chris Morris
The satirist's new film was inspired by the FBI's attempts to manufacture terrorists. He talks about the problem with white liberals - and his duty to provoke.
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 27th September 2019Chris Morris: There's good satire - and being offensive
Years before the term "cancel culture" took off and before comedians faced comeuppance for offensive tweets, Chris Morris was deemed "the most hated man in Britain." Needless to say, he's well-positioned to dig into these sensitive times -- and, unlike many comedians, he's sympathetic to them.
Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 24th September 2019Edinburgh run for Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee is doing a run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Lee will also be performing at a special show in London where the acclaimed documentary about Chris Morris, Oxide Ghosts, will also be screened.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th April 2019