Starring: Tim Allen, Lars Arentz-Hansen, Zooey Deschanel, Omar Epps, Dennis Farina Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Walt Disney Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 08, 2002 Running Time: 85 minutes Theatrical Release Date: April 05, 2002
Amazon.com: The frantic pacing of Big Trouble is surely intentional, but the movie leaves you wanting more of... something. Not more characters--it's got plenty of those--but more room for them to breathe in a top-heavy plot that recalls Get Shorty (also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld) without reaching those heights of ingenuity. Based on the bestseller by syndicated Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, this Miami-based mayhem bears the distinct imprint of Barry's humor, in which absurdities pile up like rush-hour traffic, involving a former journalist (Tim Allen) connected by circumstance to a wealthy schemer (Stanley Tucci), his bored wife (Rene Russo), Russian mobsters, mismatched cops (Janeane Garofalo, Patrick Warburton), power-crazed FBI agents (Heavy D, Omar Epps), a Frito-loving drifter (Jason Lee), cretinous criminals (Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville), and a gigantic toad that shoots hallucinogenic saliva. Culminating in an airport bomb smuggling (prompting the film's delayed release after the tragedy of September 11, 2001), Big Trouble needs the brilliant cohesion of Dr. Strangelove; what it gets is Sonnenfeld's knack for sustained chaos, and a few decent belly laughs. --Jeff Shannon
Never Laughed harder This was absolutley one of the funniest movies I have seen (I am not a Gator)
Good cast, Bad movie! The storyline is so poor, it wont' work unless a story-teller explains what is happening once in a while. The cast holds their own, but it does not add up to much.
Hilarious - Barry is a Genius Watch this movie. If you're unsure, you can rent it first...chances are you'll laugh so hard that you won't think twice about buying it.
Barry is one of those writers who not only creates hilarious characters and dialogue, but a plot that is funny in and of itself. Everything works together seamlessly.
It's a cute, quick little romp through the mind of one of the funniest writers in America.
Worth every penny in re-watch value.
Big Trouble is funny and moves along. Big Trouble is based on a story by humorist Dave Barry. The cast is great and the story moves right along. We liked it so much we finally had to buy our own copy.
The movie's sense of humor fit me to a "T" Dry, witty dialog and sublimely ridiculous situations, the movie's sense of humor fit me to a "T". I really liked it. Could have done without the dumb streaking-through-the-airport scene by Patrick Warburton, but all else made me laugh. Loved Zooey Dechanel's lines and Dennis Farina's dislike of everything Miami. So funny.
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