History Film / Arthur2011

** Arthur's collection of famous pop culture cars, which he enjoys being driven around in: [[Film/BatmanForever the Batmobile]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture the time-travelling DeLorean]], [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard the General Lee]], [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo the Mystery Machine]]...

* DenserAndWackier: The comedy is often a lot noisier and goofier than in the original film. Arthur's EstablishingCharacterMoment in 1981 has him picking up a {{Streetwalker}} from his Rolls-Royce and then taking her to the Plaza Hotel restaurant and from there to his townhouse. In 2011, to go to his mother's black-tie fundraiser, he and Bitterman dress as Batman and Robin and drive the ''Film/BatmanForever'' Batmobile in that direction, ultimately crashing into the golden bull sculpture on Wall Street. Both are subsequently arrested but Arthur not only posts bail for himself and Bitterman but everybody else who was at the police station. When the press outside the station questions his "frivolous spending" during a recession, he withdraws $78,000 from the nearest ATM he can find and hands cash out to everyone, some of whom are party girls he takes back to his penthouse with him.

** The film was even shipped to theaters under the code name "On the Rocks".

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Arthur comes off as this, [[FreudianExcuse though he has good reason to.]] When he attempts an actual job at (the real-life) Dylan's Candy Bar, he is quickly demoted from cashier to stocking when he can't figure out the register. Then he helps himself to the candy when he isn't just giving it away. '''Then''' he pays a guy in a gummi bear costume $10,000 to wear his suit and frolic around the store, at which point his supervisor gives up and fires him. Later, Arthur manages to hurt himself while preparing a cup of tea for Hobson.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Linda's counterpart Naomi appears only for a moment at the beginning, likely because her actress (Creator/GretaGerwig) was not as big a name as those playing Hobson (Creator/HelenMirren) and Susan (Creator/JenniferGarner), at least not at the time. In fact, she not only gets lesser billing than both of them, she's not even on the poster while Mirren and Garner are. By comparison, Liza Minnelli was second-billed in the original film and its sequel.

** Hobson, tasked to attend to Naomi while Arthur fends off Susan's advances, is surprised to find Naomi not only thrilled by Arthur's private movie theater that exclusively screens cartoons but also recognizes [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes the specific Pepe Le Pew short]] playing at the time, because she notes a particular gag that's coming up. In the denouement, as Arthur buys [[spoiler:a copy of Naomi's just-published book]], he's using a Pepe Le Pew coin purse, suggesting he's also a fan of that character.
* TimeCompressionMontage: As the denouement begins, a montage covers six months passing by specifically focusing on [[spoiler:Arthur's Alcoholics Anonymous meetings as he sobers up for good]].

* WaitingForABreak: Naomi wants to be a picture book author, but to pay the bills she is giving unlicensed tours of Grand Central Station. Unlike Linda's acting ambitions in the original film, this trope ends up being key to the plot when [[spoiler:Arthur arranges for his family business to buy a publishing company specifically so it can publish her book, without telling Naomi. She's crushed to realize what he's done because it means she didn't earn it]].

''Arthur'' is an 2011 American RomanticComedy directed by Creator/JasonWiner. It is a {{remake}} of the [[Film/{{Arthur 1981}} original film of the same name]] starring Creator/DudleyMoore.

* NiceHat: Arthur acquires a top hat along with a suit that was once worn by UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln when he attends an auction with the express purpose of blowing as much money as he can in the wake of agreeing to the ArrangedMarriage. He promptly puts it all on too. At least the hat fits nicely...

* RichBitch: Arthur's mother Vivianne to an extent, and Susan [[UpToEleven to the extreme]] - she's already wealthy, but sets her sights on Arthur because his name brings prestige she wants from high society.

* SpotOfTea: Naomi's father prepares a cup of tea for Hobson when she visits their apartment without being asked because he has this trope in mind. During the subsequent conversation between the two women, Naomi asks her how it is and she jokes that it tastes "Like sewage". Later Arthur tries to prepare Hobson a cup of tea [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense and hurts his hand rather badly]].

''Arthur'' is an 2011 American RomanticComedy directed by Creator/JasonWiner. It is a {{remake}} of the [[Film/{{Arthur}} original film of the same name]] starring Creator/DudleyMoore.

''Arthur'' is a 2011 romantic comedy starring Russell Brand and directed by Jason Winer. It is a remake of the [[Film/{{Arthur}} original film of the same name]] starring Dudley Moore.

A drunken bon vivant and heir to nearly $1 billion, Arthur is wasting his life with silly antics. His mother threatens to disinherit him if he does not settle down with the woman of her choosing. Arthur rebels and must live like a plebian amongst the people, where he finds and connects with a quirky tour guide.

* DecoyProtagonist: Despite Jennifer Garner being heavily featured alongside Russell Brand in the publicity campaign for the film, she plays Susan Johnson -- the woman that Arthur ''doesn't'' want to marry.

* LonelyRichKid: Arthur, in spades.

--->'''Arthur''': ''(to Susan)'' I really think you are dark and twisted on the inside, and I tried my best to bugger it out of you but I'm pretty sure it's still there.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Linda's counterpart Naomi appears only for a moment at the beginning, likely because her actress (Creator/GretaGerwig) was not as big a name as those playing Hobson (Mirren) and Susan (Jennifer Garner), at least not at the time. In fact, she not only gets lesser billing than both of them, she's not even on the poster while Mirren and Garner are. By comparison, Liza Minnelli was second-billed in the original film and its sequel.

** Arthur's sense of humor/what he finds funny is substantially different. 1981!Arthur loves to make silly jokes and whimsical observations -- and hopes others laugh at them. 2011!Arthur snarks about everyone and everything, isn't afraid to insult people at length, and doesn't care how others respond. 2011!Arthur's {{Manchild}} antics are also DenserAndWackier, and he's less honest with Naomi about his ArrangedMarriage situation (to his later grief). Finally, 2011!Arthur gets a FreudianExcuse for his alcoholism ([[spoiler:his perfectly healthy father died young, leaving him with an absent/distant mother]]), whereas 1981!Arthur boozes because it's fun and helps him cope with the terminally stuffy world he lives in.
** Arthur's chauffeur Bitterman is simply pleasant and professional in the original film, if sometimes disapproving of his employer's antics; in this version, he's effectively Arthur's {{Sidekick}} in wacky escapades. This is on top of a RaceLift (see below).

* BingeMontage / DrunkenMontage: At the top of the third act, the despondent Arthur goes through a merging of these tropes in the wake of [[spoiler:Hobson's death]]. First, he's getting drunk by himself in his penthouse, and then tells Bitterman that it's time to throw a party because he's tired of being sad. Cut to said party, and while the guests surrounding him are happily living it up and shown in fast motion, Arthur slowly wanders about, no happier than he was before and interacting with no one, and the same sad song is playing on the soundtrack.

* InformedAttribute: Arthur's mother and Hobson both lament his frivolous lifestyle because they know how intelligent he is, and his mother's belief that he will never grow up sets the plot of the movie in motion, suggesting that he may be a case of ObfuscatingStupidity. But he's depicted as being extremely RichInDollarsPoorInSense (see below) -- unable to make a cup of tea without hurting himself fairly badly or know that working at a candy store does not entitle one to eat candy as they please -- and doesn't act especially intelligently at any point onscreen. The closest the story gets to showing him as intelligent is [[spoiler:establishing that during the six months he spends cleaning himself up, he finds his place in the family company at last]], but this takes place offscreen.

Drunken bon vivant and heir to a nearly $1 billion inheritance, Arthur is wasting his life with silly antics. His mother threatens to disinherit him if he does not settle down with the woman of her choosing. Arthur rebels and must live like a plebian amongst the people, where he finds and connects with a quirky tour guide.