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The Man Who Knew Too Little
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 38, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 38, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An American visitor to London believes he is participating in an interactive theater game called "Theater of Life" when his brother arranges for him to have a unique evening out. He is plunged into a real-world espionage plot, but he mistakes every dangerous situation for clever acting and staged drama. His obliviousness leads him to inadvertently thwart a major international conspiracy.
Details
- Director
- Jon Amiel
- Writers
- Howard Franklin, Robert Farrar
- Based on
- a work by Robert Farrar
- Studio
- Polar Films, Arnon Milchan Productions
- Released
- 14 November 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $13.8M
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