The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1997
	Director: Jon Amiel (Entrapment, The Core, Copycat)
	Actors: Bill Murray (Ghostbusters), Joanne Whalley (Willow), Peter Gallagher (American Beauty)
	Country: USA, D
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 18.05.2015, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: While visiting his brother (Gallagher) in London, Wallace Ritchie (Murray) is mistaken for a secret agent.
Review: I actually don't know many movies with Bill Murray apart from the classics Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, and his more recent apparitions in Moonrise Kingdom, Osmosis Jones, Lost in Translation or Zombieland. And I had never heard about The Man Who Knew Too Little whose title is an obvious reference to Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and 1956). A well-chosen title for a movie in which Bill Murray's character is completely oblivious to the espionage activities revolving around him, and masterfully escaping them like Mr. Bean would (fitting comparison for a movie set in London). The movie is a succession of misunderstandings (quiproquos) but it doesn't reaches outrageous levels of ridiculous like often in comedies that have to give more and more to keep the audience smiling. I found this movie to be well written (maybe because adapted from a novel)  and of course very well played by the innocent-looking Bill Murray. What I liked in particular is that the story never deviates from its objective and keeps Wallace Ritchie as an unknowing secret agent until the last second.
Rating: 7 /10