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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: 28 Fresh: 2  Rotten:26 Average Rating: 3.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
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. Stationed in England after another botched mission, O'Rourke is given one last "do or die"... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, Nicoleete Krebitz, James Cosmo, David Tristin Birkin

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

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 11, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Theatrical Trailer

Text/Image Galleries:

  • Cast and Crew Biographies
  • Photo Gallery

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Um filme que Joey, personagem de LeBlanc em Friends, certamente poderia ter protagonizado.

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Pablo Villaca
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07/19/05 09:37 AM
Emanuel Levy
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Weak in parts, but should please Eddie Izzard fans.

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09/27/03 01:45 PM
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
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The comedy is nonexistent.

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11/01/02 09:48 PM
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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10/26/02 08:05 AM
Houston Chronicle
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Ruzowitzky has taken this mothball-y stuff and made a rather sturdy, old-fashioned entertainment out of it.

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10/26/02 08:05 AM
David Noh
Film Journal International
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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.

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10/26/02 08:05 AM
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)
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It all feels like a Monty Python sketch gone horribly wrong.

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10/25/02 04:52 PM
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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What we have here isn't a disaster, exactly, but a very handsomely produced let-down.

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10/25/02 04:50 PM
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.

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10/25/02 04:48 PM
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Fails to satisfactorily exploit its gender politics, genre thrills or inherent humor.

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10/25/02 04:45 PM
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News
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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.

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10/25/02 04:43 PM
E! Online
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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.

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10/25/02 04:42 PM
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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There are cheesy backdrops, ridiculous action sequences, and many tired jokes about men in heels.

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10/25/02 04:40 PM
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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A horrible, 99-minute stink bomb.

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10/25/02 02:21 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Maybe LeBlanc thought, “Hey, the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse.”

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10/25/02 01:50 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Afraid to pitch into farce, yet only half-hearted in its spy mechanics, All the Queen's Men is finally just one long drag.

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10/24/02 11:55 PM
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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The pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs.

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10/24/02 07:57 PM
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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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.

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10/24/02 07:40 PM
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.

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10/24/02 07:33 PM
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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