Review of The Hippopotamus (2017) by Linda M — 05 Sep 2017

Excellent film with very witty dialogue. Well worth watching.

This review of The Hippopotamus (2017) was written by Linda M on 05 Sep 2017.

The Hippopotamus has generally received mixed reviews.

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Well.I loved it brilliantly funny and witty with such wonderful use of our language don't understand how the critics gave it a low score cos…

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By Aman A (383) on 28 Aug 2017

Roger was amazing! I am guessing the book would have been cooler but the movie was a decent indie flick…

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By Nilufer E (774) on 09 Apr 2018

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Well.I loved it brilliantly funny and witty with such wonderful use of our language don't understand how the critics gave it a low score cos…

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