Anyone who hasn't at times wanted to be as smart and as cool as PG Wodehouse's most famous manservant either has an inflated idea of their own abilities or a total lack of imagination.
The plot can be described in one sentence: Mortdecai learns that a famous painting has been stolen and he goes to great lengths, with his bodyguard and loyal manservant Jock (played by Paul Bettany) to get it back.