All the Queen's Men (2001)

Now, I think Eddie Izzard is without doubt the best stand up comic performer of recent years, I have have all his live DVD's / videos, I have seen him live on stage and I have even met the man. I think he is great, very very funny. But yet, when he gets in front of a camera for a movie, everything seems to go wrong. He is not funny scripted, he seems very awkwardly delivering lines and he comes across very uncomfortable.This film, in my opinion, was awful. It had so much promise, yet the comedy was either badly written (if written at all) or the actors just could not deliver it. I managed to watch it all the way through, but I was glad when it finished.I would back Eddie to the hilt regarding his stand up, but movie wise, I think he needs to take a back seat.

American Special Agent Steven O'Rourke (Matt LeBlanc) or, as he is jokingly referred to by his superior officers "Special Agent Almost" has come dangerously close to pulling off several high stakes intelligence operations. His latest mission, a nearly successful attempt to steal an Enigma machine (the secret coding device the Nazis used) ends in a a fight between a small number of soldiers which was short and not planned, and which happened away from the main area of fighting in a war. The soldiers then went on to destroy the Enigma and place him under arrest.I just like the idea of Eddie Izzard playing a transvestite when he uses makeup and dresses up for his comedy routines. And Matt LeBlanc managed to stray away from his dim-playing of Joey in Friends. A bit like Lost In Space, but set in a war zone. Haven't seen it all yet, but watch the beginning quotes on the DVD, which was quite funny if you're not easily offended.

horrible writing, directing has its moments, without leblanc in it, would have folded sooner than it did, but in the end, the love story which unfolds in the midst of the comedy of errors makes this a worthwhile movie to watch or own in your DVD collection! humor isn't quite funny considering this movie is set in the 1940's, and yet y2k humor is used widely basically to make teenagers and 20 year old understand and laugh, but for an older person, it just doesn't work, humor and war just don't go together well, never have, never will. movie is similar to the kellys heroes movie with telly savales and clint eastwood.

I can't believe I forced my friend to watch this film with me. I don't intentionally pick crappy movies. It's just that some actors I like are in crappy movies. I bought ATQM because Eddie Izzard is in it and I'm EI mad at the moment. I also bought The Avengers because he's in it but that's another tale of woe....In ATQM, Eddie plays a drag queen who has to teach a group of men to be women so they can steal an Enigma machine from a German factory where only women work. Eddie is the only one who looks comfortable in a dress. Although I don't think brown is his color. He gets to show off his legs and his German but it's not enough to lift this film off the bottom.There was one interesting thing, if you're a ST:TNG fan, David Birkin who played both the young Jean-Luc Picard in "Rascals" and Rene Picard in "Family" is in ATLQM as a code breaking, multi-lingual genius.