(rated PG-13)
An irreverent spy romp about one blissfully incompetent hero who bumbles his way into history. It’s the early ‘60’s and while the rest of the world is swingin’, Allen Quimp (Douglas McGrath) is working as a Connecticut school teacher. Though Quimp is happy with this routine, his nagging social diva wife Daisy (Sigourney Weaver) definitely is not. Pushed to seek a higher profile job in the city, Quimp figures he’s got nothing to lose and concocts an elaborate story that he signed up with the CIA. More Austin Powers than James Bond, Quimp manages to become a key player in a number of top secret international plots, including the defection of a famous Russian dancer (Ryan Phillippe) and a plan to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro (Anthony Lapaglia) snowballing into the infamous Bay of Pigs. Combining intelligent political humor (think the Nixon farce “Dick”) and physical comedy for an engaging and unique film (also starring Denis Leary, Alan Cumming, John Turturro and Heather Matarazzo.) This co-written and co-directed story comes from Douglas McGrath (Academy Award nominated for “Bullets Over Broadway” and writer/director of the highly acclaimed “Emma.”)
