Little charm or laughs in 'Lay The Favourite'

If Frank Sinatra was correct and luck be a lady, then she failed to glance in the direction of Stephen Frears’s ham-fisted comic caper.

Based on a colourful memoir by journalist Beth Raymer, 'Lay The Favourite' is the unlikely tale of a free-spirited stripper who discovers her calling in the high stakes world of sports bookmaking.