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All the Queen's Men

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All the Queen's Men (2002)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:2

Rotten:27

Average Rating:3.3/10

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 25, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: Matt LeBlanc (of the television series FRIENDS) stars in this WWII spy comedy as American Officer Steven O'Rourke, nicknamed "Agent Almost" because he can never successfully complete a mission.... Matt LeBlanc (of the television series FRIENDS) stars in this WWII spy comedy as American Officer Steven O'Rourke, nicknamed "Agent Almost" because he can never successfully complete a mission. Stationed in England after another botched mission, O'Rourke is given one last "do or die" assignment to redeem himself. He and his mismatched platoon members must parachute into Berlin, infiltrate an all-female factory where they are producing the Nazi Enigma code machine, and successfully steal the elusive machine. With the help of Tony Parker (Eddie Izzard), a British soldier who also happens to be a drag performer, O'Rourke and his fellow soldiers (David Birkin and James Cosmo) learn the basic skills for completing their mission, like walking in heels and applying lipstick. O'Rourke and his men stumble through the German factory in full drag, barely escaping the clutches of German soldiers, while attempting to complete the most important mission of their lives. Based on the true story of the Enigma code machine, recently dramatized in films like ENIGMA and U-571, ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN is a brazen combination of slapstick humor and wartime espionage action. [More]

Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, Nicoleete Krebitz, James Cosmo

Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, Nicoleete Krebitz, James Cosmo, David Tristin Birkin, Edward Fox, Udo Kier

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Screenwriter: Jeff Stockwell, David Schneider
Producer: Marco Weber, Gabrielle Kelly, Zachary Feuer, Danny Krausz
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Not bad enough to qualify as a memorable dud, multinational production nonetheless misses mark on every level.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/09/09
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Um filme que Joey, personagem de LeBlanc em Friends, certamente poderia ter protagonizado.

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05/09/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
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No review available.

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07/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Weak in parts, but should please Eddie Izzard fans.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
09/27/03
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

The comedy is nonexistent.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/01/02
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy, old-fashioned entertainment out of it.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/26/02
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

There is more than one joke about putting the toilet seat down. And that should tell you everything you need to know about All the Queen's Men.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
10/26/02
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

It all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/25/02
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

What we have here isn't a disaster, exactly, but a very handsomely produced let-down.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/25/02
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Not only does LeBlanc make one spectacularly ugly-looking broad, but he appears miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/25/02
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics, genre thrills or inherent humor.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
10/25/02
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

This ostensibly comedic film contains absolutely no funny moments whatsoever and is basically a war flick that fails to provide any sense of urgency, suspense or concern for the good guys' well-being.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
10/25/02
E! Online

I can imagine this movie as a b&w British comedy, circa 1960, with Peter Sellers, Kenneth Williams, et al., but at this time, with this cast, this movie is hopeless.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/25/02
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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There are cheesy backdrops, ridiculous action sequences, and many tired jokes about men in heels.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/25/02
Janice Page
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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A horrible, 99-minute stink bomb.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/25/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Maybe LeBlanc thought, “Hey, the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse.”

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
10/25/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Afraid to pitch into farce, yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics, All the Queen's Men is finally just one long drag.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/24/02
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/24/02
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Let's hope -- shall we? -- that the 'true story' by which All the Queen's Men is allegedly "inspired" was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together onscreen.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
10/24/02
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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Jaw-droppingly superficial, straining to get by on humor that is not even as daring as John Ritter's glory days on Three's Company.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/24/02
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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