Review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) by Matthew P — 13 Feb 2009
The whole film sort of flounders around with some decent moments of suspense and other where I just want to fast forward until something happens. This film really should be called "Jimmy Has A Bad Day"; the poor guy sees a murder, gets interrogated, has his son kidnapped, gets into a brawl with the wrong guy, gets conked over the head, has to climb up a freaking bell tower by the rope, and gets a gun pointed at him.
It would've been nice to see Jimmy kick some ass in this movie, but we just sorta feel helpless watching him. There's so many plotholes in this too which is what detracted most of all for me. If you tell the police that your son who was kidnapped is inside this building and you have the abductors inside, the police aren't gonna say "sorry, but we'll have to get back to you" nor are they gonna say "sorry, but we need a warrant".
Hello, probably cause anyone? Plus, why are you gonna shoot the Minister during the cymbols crash? Why not use a silencer? Good job. Plus, when he gets hit, aren't people around him going to notice if he slumps over all dead-like? So on and so forth.
The first half was entertaining, but the second half just gets to be problematic with the pacing and plotholes.
This review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) was written by Matthew P on 13 Feb 2009.
The Man Who Knew Too Much has generally received very positive reviews.
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