The Search For John Gissing - 2001 - 5/10

Hotshot young Yank is transferred to London to help with a takeover merger.
Events turn south immediately. No pickup at Heathrow, the office is locked, the hotel is the wrong one.
Matthew’s boss (a delicious Alan Rickman) turns out to be a master game player.
Labored comedy is a very spotty affair.
Writer/director/star Mike Binder aims for Ben Stiller or Woody Allen, though he is not in their league.
He has the sense to surround himself with excellent comedians (Rickman, Janeane Garofalo, Juliet Stevenson).
Stale goods, nonetheless, might have been funnier decades earlier.