Impostors, The

Comedy

Stanley Tucci
Oliver Platt
Teagle F. Bougere
Elizabeth Bracco
Steve Buscemi
Billy Connolly
Alan Corduner
Hope Davis
Dana Ivey
Allison Janney

Director

Stanley Tucci

It's unfortunate to report that The Impostors--a misguided, but slightly noble, attempt to return to both the Hope and Crosby Road movies as well as the screwball comedies of the '30s and '40s--really, really doesn't work. Writer, director, and star Stanley Tucci (who created the gorgeous Big Night) plays Arthur, who along with Maurice (Oliver Platt) finds himself stowing away on an ocean liner and forced into multiple masquerades. The film has a dream cast of supporting players, including Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, and Campbell Scott, but the humor never works and this vessel founders quickly. --Keith Simanton