Based on Ebert’s two-star review of the film, he was laughing for all the wrong reasons.
Screenwriter Diana Maddox wrote the adapted screenplay and director Charles Jarrott brought it from page to screen.
Plummer’s Professor Lakos is not billed in the new version.
The book, by comparison, is generally more well-received.
Ebert, however, undoubtedly saw the 1982 film and was less than impressed by the adaptation.
Ebert threw Savage a lifesaver by also critiquing the uninspired and underdeveloped nature of the espionage plot.
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He wanders about Prague looking like a tourist on a leash.
Ultimately, critics mostly enjoy 2025’s The Amateur but don’t seem to be very blown away.
Ultimately, critics mostly enjoy 2025’sThe Amateurbut don’t seem to be very blown away.
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