The True Memoirs of an International Assassin

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The True Memoirs of an International Assassin

2016

1h 38m

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Comedy

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A mild-mannered author is mistaken for an assassin after his novel about a hired killer is published as a true story. He is soon kidnapped and taken out of the country to help with an assassination plot.

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

AV Club

11/13/2016

C

[Wadlow's] direction is too tongue in cheek to create actual excitement or suspense, but doesn't aspire to a level of humor any deeper than intentional clich.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

11/11/2016

2/4

It's not action-packed enough, not funny enough, and the characters aren't memorable enough.

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

11/10/2016

C

If Netflix is serious about becoming a major player in the original-movies game, they're going to have to do better than True Memoirs of an International Assassin.

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Miles Surrey

The Ringer

03/27/2020

True Memoirs of an International Assassin would've benefited from embracing the inherent stupidity of being the Kevin James Spy Movie rather than trying, and failing, to punch above its weight.

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

11/29/2016

2/5

Occasionally funny fish-out-of-water comedy is violent.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

11/17/2016

D+

If you've seen one James endeavor, you've already seen "True Memoirs," which serves up the same slapstick the actor is known for.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jan 18

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Monic Kenya M

@RT39028728 Aug 24

Extremely slow boring start. Bad script, very few real funny moments, not enough action. Good actors but so badly directed by wadlow. Very boring background music like you get watching a B movie.asr twenty minutes were amusing with more action. But if a shame. If it was directed better script better, this could have been a good movie with these actors.

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Kelsey J

@RT34551317 Jul 27

I thought the film was absolutely hilarious. It was exactly was I was hoping for and I come back to it over and over again. It has just what you would hope for from an action comedy!

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Jenny M

@RT54737195 May 25

Fun and enjoyable. I always look at professional reviews and do the opposite. They have no idea what regular people enjoy! This was a wonderful weekend watch.

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Js S

@RT53224188 Apr 30

This is your standard netflix money grab film. Netflix in a nutshell this film

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Dennes T

@RT06729423 03/09/2025

Very creative comedy out of usual with a good story and conclusion

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Synopsis

A mild-mannered author is mistaken for an assassin after his novel about a hired killer is published as a true story. He is soon kidnapped and taken out of the country to help with an assassination plot.

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Producer: Justin Begnaud, RJ Collins, Kevin Scott Frakes, Todd Garner, Mark Fasano, Ted Sarandos
Screenwriter: Jeff Morris
Production Co: PalmStar Media
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

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