"Stan and Ollie" explores the relationship between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy later in their lives after their glory days were over.

The temptation for headline writers everywhere, one can imagine, will be to describe the flawed but embraceable Laurel and Hardy biopic "Stan & Ollie" as "another fine mess." That one's just too easy.

I have to imagine it was at least a little bit uncomfortable for John C. Reilly the first day on the set of Stan & Ollie—and I'm not referring to the prosthetic belly and jowls he wears through much ...