
Don't Drink the Water
They Couldn't Wait To Get In. Now It's Hilarious Trying To Get Out!
Directed by Woody Allen
Produced by Jean Doumanian Productions, Magnolia Productions
A lighthearted Cold War comedy about a family trapped in an embassy, built on situational humor and bumbling incompetence rather than genuine peril.
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompetent son, Axel.
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Is Don't Drink the Water sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.
Is Don't Drink the Water easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.
Does Don't Drink the Water end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Don't Drink the Water violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Don't Drink the Water scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.



























































