narcissist

"He was a bully. He was a narcissist and his temper would go from one to 100 in a matter of seconds," she said.

Gustav might be merely a narcissist, but there’s a chance that what he is really seeking is to repair things by telling the family story onscreen.

He later took his own, admitting: "I grabbed my own head, I'm a narcissist… well someone's got to love it!"

What’s missing, crucially, is a reason for the audience to care about this narcissist, even though Colin Farrell employs every trick in his acting arsenal to win you over.

You can’t shame the shameless, or awaken the conscience of a narcissist, but the idea that such japes might make the target’s stomach hurt or his blood boil, may provide some small satisfaction.