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A throwback war movie that fails on so many levels, it should pay reparations to viewers.
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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Rarely has a movie worked so hard to be so inconsequential.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
What we have here isn't a disaster, exactly, but a very handsomely produced let-down.
20
Los Angeles Times by Gene Seymour
Let's hope -- shall we? -- that the "true story" that allegedly "inspired" All the Queen's Men was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together here.
40
L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Bad in such a bizarre way that it's almost worth seeing, if only to witness the crazy confluence of purpose and taste.
25
It's not surprising to learn that the story -- which the press notes assert is loosely based on fact -- has been kicking around Hollywood for 15 years. It's that bad.
10
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
The fiercely original Eddie Izzard is wasted in this botch, not something you could say for lucky millionaire Friend Matt LeBlanc.
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Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The comedy is nonexistent.
25
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
A perfectly good idea for a comedy, but it just plain doesn't work. It's dead in the water. I can imagine it working well in a different time, with a different cast, in black and white instead of color--but I can't imagine it working like this.
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Stultifying.