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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 16%, Metacritic 36/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,416 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes16%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
576 audience votes
Key crew
- Ricky GervaisDirector
- Ricky GervaisWriter
- Dickon HinchliffeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ricky GervaisAlbert Finch
- Eric BanaFrank Bonneville
- Vera FarmigaEleanor Finch
- Kelly MacdonaldClaire Maddox
- Benjamin BrattJohn Baker
- Raúl CastilloDomingo
- America FerreraBrigida
- Meghan HeffernVirginia
- Kevin PollakGeoffrey Mallard
- Mimi KuzykSecretary of State
- Jim NortonRent Boy
- Ari CohenRampling
Stills
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Themes
reportercon game