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All the Queen's Men (2001) 3.9
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3.9/10 from 1,921 users
Metascore: 19/100
Reviews: 39 user | 19 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war. Director:Stefan Ruzowitzky |
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| Matt LeBlanc | ... |
O'Rourke
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| Eddie Izzard | ... |
Tony
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Archie
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Romy
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Johnno
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Aitken
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| Udo Kier | ... |
General Landssdorf
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Oliver Korittke | ... |
Franz
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Hauptsturmführer
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Sissi Perlinger | ... |
Paloma
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Holger Speckhahn | ... |
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Pip Torrens | ... |
British Major
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Maria Petz | ... |
Girl
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Heinrich Herki | ... |
Librarian
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Paul Williamson | ... |
McCinley
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Late in World War II, the Brits still want their hands on a German Enigma, the typewriter-like machine that constructs and sends coded messages. Parachuting behind enemy lines - with two days to find the factory where Enigmas are made, grab one, and get out - are an unlikely quartet: a queen, a pencil pusher, a bookworm, and an almost secret agent. Plus they are all dressed as women, with only a crash course from the queen. They reach their destination, rendezvous with their German contact, a lovely librarian, and start their search. They seemed doomed to fail; is this a fool's errand? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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behind enemy lines | party | world war two | enigma machine | box office flop |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for language, violence and sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
13 December 2001 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Agenci w spódnicach See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$15,026 (USA) (25 October 2002)Gross:
$22,723 (USA) (1 November 2002)Company Credits
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Tony Parker: Don't you get it? He's never gonna see her again.
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Matt LeBlanc filmed his role while Friends was still shooting, and had to fly back and forth between sets once per week in order to do both projects at the same time. See more »Goofs
Nicolette Krebitz tells Matt LeBlanc that she got him a long-sleeved dress because "German women don't shave their underarms" (and Matt had shaved). However, she introduces Matt as an Italian, not a German. See more »Quotes
Johnno: [whispering to Parker, watching O'Rourke write a note to Romy] Didn't he tell us not to put anything in writing?Tony Parker: Don't you get it? He's never gonna see her again.
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This German-Austrian-Hungarian-USA co-production was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and stars Matt Leblanc. The premise was that British and American agents during the Second World War tried to infiltrate the espionage mechanism in Berlin by disguising themselves in drag, in order to steal a precious Enigma encoding and decoding machine from an all-female factory. That was plausible enough (the image of Leblanc in a frumpy "German lady" dress aside), but I didn't hold much hopes of coming out of the movie satisfied. Well, I was disappointed, but in a good way. This is a breezy, entertaining, light-hearted action flick. How could one not like Udo Kier as a perverted Nazi general? How could one not love Eddie Izzard as the British drag queen who teaches his team the ropes of hair, makeup, and frocks?
Izzard, mostly known as a standup comedian, turned in a bravura performance, starting out with a hilarious rendition of Marlene, and ending with deceptively spirited performance of imperialist German favorites, which completely fooled and kept Izzard's Nazi audience enrapt while the espionage mission climaxed, literally right behind the stage curtains.
This film seems to have been made for American tastes, judging by how much of the humor content is directed toward stereotypes of British fuddy-duddiness and arrogance. It also suffers from a few plot implausibilities. The sixtyish Archie (played by veteran British character actor, James Cosmo) is a beefy, mustachioed walrus of a man who, even after shaving his face, couldn't pass for a woman plausibly no matter if he was all dowdied up in a head scarf and a charwoman's dress. Polyglot math genius Johnno Johnson--played by David Birkin, who some of you might recognize from his role as a "young" Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek:TNG episode where a handful of Enterprise crew are suddenly turned into twelve-year-olds--was sent off on this mission instead of being kept on home turf, where his linguistic and cryptographic abilities would be much more valuable. And finally, the escape sequence at the end requires suspension of disbelief, quite literally.
Still, these flaws seem minor when compared to the overall entertainment value of the movie. Izzard's performance as a whole, Cosmo's endearing takes as a "grandmother" to a German war orphan, and Leblanc's hilarious seduction of Kier highlight an overall very enjoyable 105 minutes.