Synopsis
In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.
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Cast
- Douglas McGrathAlan Quimp
- John TurturroCrocker Johnson
- Alan CummingGeneral Batista
- Sigourney WeaverDaisy Quimp
- Anthony LaPagliaFidel Castro
- Jeffrey JonesSenator Biggs
- Paul GuilfoyleOfficer Hickle
- Denis LearyOfficer Fry
- Ryan PhillippePetrov
- Terry BeaverMr. Judge
Recommendations
- 50
USA Today
A few chuckles will be had by both the rabble and more learned brains. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
The scenario looms as a brain-dead invitation for the stars to embarrass themselves, and Company Man wastes little time in fulfilling that glum suspicion. - 38
New York Daily News
A painfully flat spoof of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Too often we feel that left-out-in-the-cold draft that blows over the shoulder whenever actors appear to be having more fun than the audience. - 30
The New York Times
Little more than a loose- jointed succession of goofy "Saturday Night Live"-style sketches and sight gags inspired by an actual event that is nearly half a century behind us. - 25
Chicago Tribune
The political movie satire from hell. - 20
Salon
There's nothing worse than a bad farce -- except for this Cuban missile crisis comedy that wastes talent like Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro and Alan Cumming. - 12
New York Post
A skin-crawlingly unfunny riff on Woody Allen's "Bananas."
