This film begins with a man named "Wallace Ritchie" (Bill Murray) deciding at the last minute to take a flight from Iowa to London to celebrate his birthday with his brother "James Ritchie" (Peter Gallagher). Although his brother is more than happy to see him what Wallace doesn't count on is the fact that James has an extremely important business meeting scheduled for that particular day and cannot cancel it. So, at the last minute, James decides to volunteer Wallace to perform in a comedy television show where each person plays a character in a fictional crime drama and has to improvise as the plot unfolds. Wallace readily agrees but what he doesn't know is that he has accidently become involved in a real-life espionage situation with serious international consequences. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I was pleasantly surprised by this film due in large part to the manner in which the story maintained the humor from one scene to the next. Granted it wasn't a great comedy by any means, but it was entertaining for the most part and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
Review of The Man Who Knew Too Little
