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.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Jon Amiel - Director
Trailers: Theatrical Trailers (4)
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Director of Photography
Robert M. Stevens:
Production Designer
Jim Clay: Production Designer
Story
Robert Farrar:
Costume Designer
Janty Yates: Costume Designer, MIAMI VICE (2006)
Review 1:
"...[The movie] keeps its numerous farcical components whirring and clicking without losing track of any of them..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.50-1 06/01/1998
Review 2:
"...Genial....This cloak-and-dagger farce delivers a modestly generous number of laughs..."
Source: Box Office
p.46 01/01/1998