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Big Trouble (2002)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:53

Rotten:57

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: With its large cast and frantic comic pacing, Big Trouble labors for slapstick-style hilarity, but it never really gains steam.

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $7,262,288

Synopsis: In Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, based on the novel by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, Tim Allen stars as Eliot Arnold, a former Miami Herald columnist whose wife has left him, drives a Geo,... In Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, based on the novel by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, Tim Allen stars as Eliot Arnold, a former Miami Herald columnist whose wife has left him, drives a Geo, and has an awkward relationship with his teenage son, Matt (Ben Foster). When Eliot meets Anna Herk (a blonde Rene Russo), the wife of crazy moneyman Arthur (Stanley Tucci) and mother of Jenny (Zooey Deschanel), whom Matt is trying to supersoak, they are immediately attracted to each other. Meanwhile, Puggy (Jason Lee), a Fritos fetishist who lives in a tree, falls for the Herks' maid, Nina (Sofia Vergara), as two hit men from Newark (Dennis Farina and Jack Kehler) out to whack a sometimes wigged-out Arthur also attempt to stay away from the cops (an extremely efficient officer played by Janeane Garofalo and a doofus beefcake played by Patrick Warburton). Throw in a psycho security guard (Andy Richter), two top-secret FBI agents (Heavy D and Omar Epps), two lowlife cons (Tom Sizemore and Johnny Knoxville), some Russian mobsters, and a big silver box that probably does not have a household appliance in it and you have one wacky screwball comedy that is as funny as it is wildly complicated. [More]

Starring: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore

Starring: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo, Omar Epps, Jason Lee, Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, Andy Richter, Zooey Deschanel, Barry Sonnenfeld

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Tom Jacobson
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

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08/17/02
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04/29/09
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11/19/08
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Faithful to the events in Barry's novel, lifts a good deal of his witty dialogue, and recruits a proven cast of laugh-winners. Why, then, is it so resolutely unfunny?

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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12/30/06
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12/06/05
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The worst thing someone could say about "Big Trouble" is that it's too much like "Get Shorty," which is one of the best reasons to go see the film

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02/24/04
Vanessa Sibbald
Vanessa Sibbald
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02/01/04
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Sprawling comedy has a few laughs in it -- and the specter of recent events hanging over it.

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07/17/03
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Director Barry Sonnenfeld unites an incredibly unique and charismatic ensemble cast for this witty adaptation of Dave Barry's 1998 novel.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

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04/05/03
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
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03/05/03
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

...a highly enjoyable romp that is as multi-faceted as it is tightly constructed.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Big Trouble is one of those great big silly capers that fails at juggling its dark humor while feeling cutesy in its ability to dance around the plot contrivances...derivative, offensive, stylish and smirky crime caper.

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02/04/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Tim Allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast, as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
Film Threat

It's a good thing Tim Allen has Santa Claus to fall back on because any more pictures like this one and he'd be in BIG trouble.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
11/07/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

In this clumsy attempt to merge farce with satire, the jokes repeatedly miss the mark.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Huffs like a bus headed uphill while Mr. Sonnenfeld and company shovel on weirdness and hope for the best.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
 
 
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