This is the original British version, not the 2010 remake. Yes, Peter Dinklage is playing the same character in both. I can't speak as to a direct comparison since I've only seen this one, but from the trailer for the Chris Rock version, it looks like a shot-for-shot remake. I guess it comes down to which flavor of accent you prefer.The movie is hilarious. For those that may not know or remember, it's about a pair of brothers: Robert, a successful but irresponsible author who moved to New York and Daniel, living in his shadow while trying to take care of their mother, who discover at their father's funeral that he had a gay dwarf lover. Who is now extorting them for fifteen thousand pounds because he wasn't mentioned in the will. Meanwhile, their cousin Martha's fiance (Alan Tudyk who is always fabulous) was accidentally dosed with a designer hallucinogen from a Valium bottle and is running amok. Daniel must somehow keep this secret underwraps to maintain his father's reputation which becomes exponentially harder as the film goes on and the "Valium" circulates.
Ensemble casts are always a bit harder to judge since the screen time is divided and it's easier for the cast to help carry each other. There were no real discordant notes here. Everybody did their jobs and did them well. Dinklage's accent was a little weird. He didn't try for British but he wasn't exactly American, either. But it didn't really matter because his face was hilarious. He managed to get across more with his eyebrows than I've seen from actors with whole monologues. The only project IMDB lists for him coming up is Knights of Badassdom, which I will probably see, but I'm sure he'll also be in the second season of Game of Thrones next year.
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