Rotten
McGrath can't decide if he wants the movie to be a satire or a broad farce.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Company Man
International intelligence just got dumber.
2000 · 1h 26m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Peter Askin
,
Douglas McGrath
Overview
In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.
Director and cast
- Peter Askin Director
- Douglas McGrath Director
- Douglas McGrath as Alan Quimp
- John Turturro as Crocker Johnson
- Alan Cumming as General Batista
- Sigourney Weaver as Daisy Quimp
- Anthony LaPaglia as Fidel Castro
- Jeffrey Jones as Senator Biggs
- Paul Guilfoyle as Officer Hickle
- Denis Leary as Officer Fry
- Ryan Phillippe as Petrov
- Terry Beaver as Mr. Judge
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Given the disastrous state of the final product, it's hard not to wonder if it was worth all the blood, sweat and celluloid.
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
This movie looks and feels so retro, so unrelentingly unironic, that the very guilelessness of it makes you want to giggle.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
The rapid-fire gags are relentlessly cute and announce themselves with all the subtlety of a pounding headache.
Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz
Rotten
Second-rate fare.
Mike Clark, USA Today
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