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ALAN FRANK enjoys a riveting documentary charting the extraordinary life and career of Russell Brand

Brand: A Second Coming (15)
Directed by Ondi Timoner
4/5

Apart from devout followers and fans of his (brief) Hollywood stardom, comedian-actor-turned-aspirant messiah Russell Brand is probably best known to the general public for the notorious “Sachsgate” incident when he and equally ego-driven Jonathan Ross left obscene messages on the answering machine of actor Andrew Sachs.

Director Ondi Timoner includes potent footage of this infamy-catalysing incident in her riveting documentary charting the extraordinary life and career of the Essex-born stand-up star.

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