The Man Who Knew Too Little

Bill Murray stars as an Ohio video store clerk who arrives on his upwardly mobile brother's London doorstep, and is promptly shuttled off to take part in a theatrical experience in which audience members are recruited to be part of the show. The clueless Murray inadvertently stumbles into a real-life espionage plot. Fifty years ago, this would have been a great vehicle for Bob Hope, who was at his best covering up his character's cowardice with wisecracking bravado; with Murray, all we get is the bravado. His laughing in the face of danger quickly becomes tiresome, as do the script's laboriously contrived misunderstandings (when Murray says a character is "gone," it is taken to mean that Murray has killed him). "Too Little" is, unfortunately, not enough. (K. Lee Benson)