Best British Comedy
Someone must have mentioned this already, but...

The Man who knew too little.

This remains the best comedy (never mind comedy filmed in UK) that I have ever seen.

Yet no-one has ever heard of it. It's like a secret movie that remains hidden from the general public for fear that they will enjoy themselves too much.

Anyway a brief but about it - Bill Murray plays the lead, a layabout nobody that comes to visit his brother for his birthday. Unfortunately his brother has an important meeting, so convinces Bill to experience a new type of show, one where you are part of the action and the whole performance takes place around London with you dragged along for the ride. A mix-up occurs and he's left in the shoes of a secret agent type going through the standard clichés believing everything around him is fake.

Rarely does a comedy work perfectly. So perfectly that when you watch it again you see every dot, every fact, line up to be so in synch with the plot that it just seems like excellence personified (or rather filmified). This one does. The smallest details all fit.

I only have one criticism of the entire thing. That it didn't finish when the credits start, as the very last two lines said and acting (during the credits) just make it go silly.

Still not running to the rental place?

OK.... it has a police car chase, with Murray in a mini, knocking over all the traffic cones as he goes past.
(Klynton, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 20:32, Reply)