The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little
PG | 14 November 1997 (USA)
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An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.

Reviews
CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Jackson Booth-Millard The title made it obvious that this film would a parody of classic Alfred Hitchcock style espionage thrillers, despite it being an average rating by critics, I was drawn to it by this and a good list of actors in it, directed by Jon Amiel (Copycat, Entrapment, The Core). Basically naive American tourist Wallace Ritchie (Bill Murray) from Des Moines, Iowa, who works at Blockbuster Video, has travelled to London, England on his birthday to spend time with his brother James (While You Were Sleeping's Peter Gallagher). James is happy to spend time with Wallace, but has business guests coming to dinner and needs something to distract his brother so he doesn't sour the evening, so he sets Wallace up with an interactive improv theatre business, the "Theatre of Life", which promises to treat the participant as a character in a crime drama. But trouble begins when Wallace unknowingly answers the phone to a real hit-man and in is mixed in a case of mistaken identity, the criminals believe him to be a CIA spy, and he gets tangled in a plot to kill Russian dignitaries who will be signing an important peace agreement. Wallace is completely gullible and goes along with this, even when people are being killed, criminals are chasing him and newfound femme fetale Lori (Joanne Whalley) and a bomb is ticking down, he thinks it is all an act, part of his experience with "Theatre of Life". Also starring Alfred Molina as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky, Richard Wilson as Sir Roger Daggenhurst, Little Britain's Geraldine James as Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin, John Standing as Gilbert Embleton, Four Weddings and a Funeral's Anna Chancellor as Barbara Ritchie, The Fast Show's John Thomson as Dimitri, EastEnders' Cliff Parisi Cliff Parisi as Uri, Dexter Fletcher as Otto, J.E. Freeman as CIA Man, Maxwell Caulfield as British Agent, The Fast Show's Paul Shearer as TV Reporter, Going Live's Sarah Greene as TV Presenter and Top of the Pops' Mike Smith as TV Presenter. Murray is very convincing as the idiotic slow-witted ordinary man caught in the middle of a dangerous predicament, so much so that it almost becomes annoying, the supporting stars all do well being more amusingly serious, the bumbling dimwit formula does create laughs, but it does a little kick eventually, and the assassination attempt stuff wears a little thin as well, becoming slightly predictable, overall though it is a funny enough spy comedy. Worth watching!
tgchan www.tgchan.pl 21 minutes have passed and it is already good xDHilarious misunderstanding and I already can't wait to see more! Bill Murray has a natural charm in, such as these roles! It is a decent movie but there is no wow and oh moments in it, it just keep its pace without any greater ups and downs. I expected a little more from it... I don't think I would enjoy it, if it wasn't for Bill Murray. It wasn't bad... but it wasn't good either... There are lot of other better films out there. If you truly don't have anything better to watch or you merely desire to see Bill Murray go for it, if not... look for something else.tgchan's rating 5.5 /10
richieandsam THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLEWell... this is not as good as I was hoping it was going to be, but I still enjoyed it.This comedy stars the legendary Bill Murray, which is the reason I watched it.The movie is about an American who comes to the UK to visit his brother, but he comes on a bad day so his brother pays for him to act in a reality show that night playing out some kind of adventure. The problem is, he goes on the wrong adventure, and the things that are happening to him are all real, but he doesn't realise it.There are some funny bits in it... I love the scene where Bill gets mugged but he thinks it is all part of the act and plays along. There were not too many laugh out loud moments, but the film was still very amusing.The casting was good, but the acting was questionable. But this is a spoof, so we can't expect any fantastic acting. It was what was expected really.The film stars Bill Murray as mentioned before, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley & Mr. Victor Meldrew himself... Richard Wilson. I know what you are thinking... "I don't believe it!"The movie was well written and flows along nicely.I will give this film 6 out of 10.Not as funny as it could have been, but still a good film.For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl
FilmBuff1994 The Man Who Knew Too Little is an alright movie with a surprisingly clever story line and a great performance from Bill Murray,but a lot of the humor is very hit and miss,and probably misses more commonly than it hits,although I will admit when it does hit it is very funny.I was very confused watching this movie who the target audience was,because a lot of the humor was very childish,but what happens in the movie and a lot of scenes aren't very suitable for children,its probably meant for the family,but I would advise any overprotective parent to view this movie before viewing it with their children.Wallace Ritchie (Bill Murray) gets involved with spy's who are assassinating a private event,but Wallace thinks it is all a theater act and must stay in character.