![]() ![]() Reviewed by gavin6942 8 / 10 So Much Better Than The Previews Would Have You Believe (PS = watch Vince Vaughn before TRUE DETECTIVE, also of historical interest) Once you understood the hidden and secret dynamic of the film, it becomes both iconic and classic, and will be entertaining viewers for a very very long time. If the dead had also been allowed to vote, who knows, maybe Helen of Troy would have won?) And the Bradster was also at his peak. (To be fair, they only surveyed living men. I recall from the time a survey which conclusively showed, for example, that Angelina was not merely the hottest woman in show business but possibly (these surveys tend to over-state) the hottest woman on the planet. The two stars were, to under-state it - at the peak of their fame and charisma. ![]() Here is the trick - for viewers of the future, when we mere mortals have come and gone, but the IMDb lives on, this is better viewed as a time capsule. As in great writing, acting, direction, casting and generally a lot of fun. If you look at this film as merely another glitzy Hollywood spy thriller/spoof - in the grand tradition of say OUR MAN FLINT or KINGSMAN - then it is merely an "8". ![]() Reviewed by A_Different_Drummer 10 / 10 The trick to this review - it is a TIME CAPSULE not just a movie ![]()
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