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Philippe Mora's "Snide and Prejudice," about a mental patient indulged in his belief that he is Adolf Hitler, might work on the stage but is merely tedious on the screen.
Mora starts out on a satirical tone, as a psychiatrist (Rene Auberjonois) with a posh only-in-L.A. clinic explains to The Times' Patt Morrison that he's embarking on this radical new program that's supposed to produce miraculous results. Later on, Morrison aptly observes that what he's doing seems more like running a summer stock company, and she wonders whether he envisions taking it on the road.
In any event, the doctor has surrounded his subject (Angus Macfayden) with other Nazi-obsessed patients, a clutch of therapists plus some out-of-work actors to play key figures in the Fuhrer's life...