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Special Correspondents
2016
· Movie
· 100 min
F
MEANRANK
48/100
Every rating
16–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 16, highest is Google on 84. Critics average 26, everyone else 53.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A radio journalist and his incompetent technician are supposed to travel to Ecuador to cover a breaking war. After losing their tickets and passports, they decide to fake their reports from a closet in New York, above the restaurant next to their office. Their fabricated war coverage becomes a huge success, but their lie becomes increasingly difficult to maintain.
Details
- Director
- Ricky Gervais
- Writer
- Ricky Gervais
- Released
- 22 April 2016
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG-13
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