An action-packed slog
... View MoreThis film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
... View MoreEach character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
... View Morewhat a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
... View MoreThis is such a fun, campy movie. The lack of reality and British leaning comedy are wonderful, and at the same time the movie struck home with the effect of wartime on a human populace. Eddie Izzard is wonderful in this movie; he alone makes it well worth watching. I think it's a vastly under-rated title.
... View MoreImagine you're back in high school at your senior prom. Now imagine the lame drag act that the football team does every year at this prom. Stuffed bras, bad wigs, bad makeup, and lumbering moves. Now imagine turning that into a full length feature film. And that's how you get "All the Queens Men". This is one of the worst films I have ever seen. This is dumb on every level in every way. HORRIBLE script. HORRIBLE idea. HORRIBLE acting. Who is the demographic for this piece of crap? If you like Matt LeBlanc, don't see this. If you like Eddie Izzard, (and I can't imagine why anyone would), don't see this. If you like WWII movies, don't see this. If you comedies, don't see this. If you like dramas, don't see this. If you like drag, don't see this. If you don't like drag, don't see this. Basically, just don't see this awful learning disabled film.If you have two hours of your life that you don't need for anything else whatsoever, still DON'T SEE THIS FILM!!! Just sit in the dark and stare off into space!!!
... View MoreDuring World War II, Germany's factories are mostly run by women. Seeking to steal the vital Enigma device, British Officer Aitkin draws together an unlikely team of men to go behind enemy lines, infiltrate the factory posing as staff and steal the device before their extraction. Of course this means them dressing as women an aspect of the mission that only goes down well with female impersonator Tony. Made of sterner stuff, O'Rourke is not so impressed but agrees to lead the "men" into action anyway.I was aware that the general consensus of opinion was that this film is no good, but I was sufficiently intrigued by the title and the cast to give it a go. Although mob rule is never a good thing, it must be said that the majority have called it because this is a film that I found impossible to locate any value within. Part of the reason must be the writing because it is so very uneven in its tone that I was never sure if it was trying to be hilarious, dramatic or otherwise. In a way I think it was trying to be a mix but it roundly failed to deliver on almost all fronts. It isn't funny at all and the rare attempt at a joke fall flat most times. The actual plot is a total drag (sorry, I'm so sorry) and I was bored to tears by it long before the end. The lack of laughs brings the plot even more to the fore and the writers seem to have tried to make a serious story somewhere in there but it doesn't work at all and it is far too silly to be cared about. Ruzowitzky's direction doesn't help because it can't produce any laughs even with the jokes and visually the film looks too serious to do the job as a comedy.The cast can do nothing to improve the situation and the fact that none of them have anything to do. LeBlanc is terrible; miscast and unable to act he is lost in the midst of this film. He isn't funny or able enough to carry material this weak. Izzard is a very funny guy but he is terrible in this mainly because he is given nothing to do of any value. He dresses as a woman of course but that is not enough to do anything. Cosmo is quite embarrassingly poor and Birkin is no better. Fox ticks his cliché box yet again with a British officer but surely he could have found something better than this to do it in.Overall a roundly poor film that lacks laughs, dramatics or interest. The tone of the film is badly mixed and it doesn't work at all, not helped by Ruzowitzky's inability to do anything with the look, feel or material. The cast are mostly all at sea and it is hard to stop feeling embarrassed for them all. A poor film that is not worth seeing for any reason.
... View MoreATQM was amusing, but what made the movie was Eddie Izzard as Tony. A few of his lines were so funny, you have to wonder if they were ad-libbed. Now, this is not the greatest movie ever made by any means.For one thing, Matt LeBlanc makes a very unattractive woman :-P. However, the characters are likable and the script is at times hysterical and at other times very heart wrenching. James Cosmo, whom I had dismissed early on in the film as being simply silly comic-relief, turned out an incredibly poignant performance. The female lead is sassy and strong while at the same time very vulnerable and traumatized by her circumstances. I was surprised, but pleased, at how strongly the story dealt with homo-, hetero-, and bisexual characters that all got along quite well. If you dislike either Eddie Izzard (say it isn't so!) or Matt LeBlanc, then you should avoid ATQM. Otherwise, enjoy! :-)
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