Film Review: The Man Who Knew Too Little

Last night, on Film 4, I decided to watch a film (like you do on that channel). What was on ? The Man Who Knew Too Little, a film, according to the Info button, that was about spies and comedy.

"That sounds alright to me" I said, but as no-one was in the room, it sounded like I was talking to myself. In my opinion, there's nothing better than putting your feet up and watching some spy use the latest gadgets to defeat evil, twisted enemies.

How wrong I was, however. This film was very poor, it had a limp plot, a pathetic script and gags that would have made even the corniest of comedians cringe. Despite the cast that included household names like Bill Murray, Richard Wilson and other famous actors, this film was really quite poor.

The flimsy plot about Bill Murray playing a clueless American who goes on holiday to England, only to be abducted by Russian spies with dodgy accents was poor. One of the spies, Uri, (who some of you may recognize as Minty from Eastenders) sported an accent that was absolutely dreadful. Making a broad Cockney play a KGB spy wasn't a great move from the directors, in my opinion.

My favourite line in the play was when Murray, playing Wallace Ritchie, asked whether he would try and trick the Russian spies into giving him over £3m, replied "I can't act."

Bill, you stole the words from our mouth . . .