Sight and Sound, 06/01/1998, p.50-1, "...[The movie] keeps its numerous farcical components whirring and clicking without losing track of any of them..."
Box Office, 01/01/1998, p.46, "...Genial....This cloak-and-dagger farce delivers a modestly generous number of laughs..."
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Jon Amiel - Director
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailers (4)
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When bumbling lummox Wallace Ritchie threatens a visit to his successful, handsome, and socially mobile brother's posh London flat, the only thing to keep him out of trouble is the so-called "Theatre of Life," in which participants play a game of intrigue with hired actors masquerading as spies and hitmen. Unfortunately, Wallace inadvertently intercepts a phone call from real spies, who peg him for the gunman in their assassination plot--but Wallace himself is none the wiser.