Joe Somebody

Rating:
Summary: It Was Pretty Darn Good!
Review: I saw a sneak preveiw for Joe Somebody in the theatres and thought that it was very very bad.But since then I have been talking about the film and now I think it is pretty good and probally will by it.Tom Allen has been on a really good movie spree with this and Big Trouble.Joe Somebody is worth seeing.

The Plot:Tim Allen plays Joe who is a good natured guy who has been working in his buniness for the past 10 years.His wife divorced him and his daughter is with her mother and Joe doesn't see her all the time.On Take Your Daughter to Work Day a worker who has been working there for 2 years parks in the ten year parking lot played by Patrick Warberton.When the 2 year worker hits Joe in the parking lot Joe spends his week drowing out his sorrows.Joe begins to exercise and decides to have a rematch with him.The rest of the movie shows how he gets ready for the fight.Untill the big day comes...

Joe Somebody is a good family film that got bad reveiws and should have gotton better.This movie will definatly be in my DVD collection.

ENJOY!

Rating:
Summary: Somebody. Joe Somebody.
Review: I think Tim Allen is a great actor, though I'm not too fond of the roles he typically plays. This one is different, though. Allen plays Joe Scheffer, a recently divorced corporate wallflower who gets beat up in front of his daughter. He feels obligated to avenge himself, and enter the has-been Kung-Fu master, played by Jim Belushi. As Joe trains for a rematch with the bully he becomes the most popular guy at the office.

Jim Belushi is always good for a laugh, and he and Allen together are great. The romance in this movie is nothing spectacular, but it is good. So why only three stars? Well, like I said, this movie is funny. Still, it's not THAT funny. It's really nothing monumental, just plain old-fashioned entertainment that's appropriate for the whole family. I definitely recommend seeing Joe Somebody.

Rating:
Summary: Shallow Joe
Review: I was a more than bit disappointed with the predictability of this movie. Joe's daughter is precocious, which is a staple for this type of movie. However, there is cute precocious and there is annoying precocious and she is annoying. A genius, who is a bad student, she is endowed with a wisdom that exceeds every adult in the movie.
Joe starts out as a concientious worker, loving father and caring ex-husband who abandons his values in pursuit of the approval of his coworkers. This is a bit contrived knowing that it's too difficult to live your life that way in the first place unless you are firmly grounded and of good character. Of course Joe comes around, rediscovers what's important and what's right, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Jim Belushi plays a washed-up martial arts film star who turns out to be the greatest martial arts teacher in history as Joe bests him in a sparring match after only three weeks of lessons. Where do I sign up?
Joe's ex-wife is an artsy knock-out with no brain and no moral compass. His new love is a wholesomely attractive woman who is a big sister volunteer and wants to help "girls like me" as a high school guidance counseler. And of course at one point in the movie both of them want Joe. Maybe the title of the movie should be "Joe Stud"
When I took my kids to see this movie I thought that the plot would be standard Hollywood fare for a kids movie, but they are playing it just for laughs. And there are some laughs in this movie. There is also some swearing that seems like it was just thrown in to get a PG rating. It makes little sense and adds nothing to the movie. The repeated use of the word "ass" by the 12 year-old daughter at the beginning of the movie made her an unlikeable character and made me question whether I should have brought my children to the movie. If I had to do it again, I would pass on this one.

Rating:
Summary: Not a Family Movie
Review: I'm glad I stuck to my guns by not purchasing any DVD before I rent it and view it for myself. The TV trailer gave you the funny stuff that would attract a family setting espically with Tim Allen and Jim Belushi acting in it. My 11 year old daughter likes both a lot. I viewed it myself first, eventhough it carried a PG rating and stated somehow it was fun for the whole family. After view it myself, my daughter will not be seeing this nor will we buy it. The story line is sad and depressing with families in divorce, a mother that has a live in stud with the daughter under the same roof. The daughter's language is innappropriate and she has to care takes the adults when they go through their downs in life and the adults come unglued. There is also adult conversation and situations in the office and throughtout the movie which isn't appropriate for "a family movie". It needs to be rated Rate PG-13. I still don't think young teens should see this as entertainment but at least it will keep most of the younger kids from viewing it when most parents take heed of a PG-13 rating when given. View it first is my reccommendation.

Rating:
Summary: VERY GOOD
Review: I'm not a TIm Allen fan, I had only watched GALAXY QUEST before (and enjoyed it a lot!).

JOE SOMEBODY is a very good movie. I agree it's not a straight forward comedy, not at all. I'd even say that the moments to really laugh are very rare indeed.

But the fact is that all the supporting actors are in top form, playing their roles with energy and enthusiasm, even the guys that plays Allen's new friends in the squash and karaoke scenes.

I think the movie generated some bad reviews because it oscilates dangerously between comedy and real drama (divorced parents, unhappy mother, inescrupulous boss. Well, for me it worked. I just spent one and a half enjoyable hours watching it.

Rating:
Summary: I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing.
Review: I've only reviewed one movie before, and I should confess that I'm probably too snobby when it comes to a lot of things not the least of which are these reviews--take my opinions with a grain of salt. Consequently, it's duly ironic that I've chosen to expound upon a movie such as "Joe Somebody" (certainly this is no "Empire of the Sun" or "Rushmore"). This being said, "Joe Somebody" is nothing short of a celluloid miracle; the film equivalent of feeding thousands from a few loaves of bread and a handful of fish. For me, this movie caught my unsuspecting attention similarly to the way "Stuck On You" did. That is, in spite of all the expected elements, there were those distinct traces of sincere vulnerability (note the car ride with Joe and his daughter immediately following the parking lot showdown, or Joe's muted reaction to his ex-wife's apparent new-found satisfaction with another man). These moments are painfully authentic and they made me invest more of myself in this dorky little feature than I anticipated.

There is substance to "Joe Somebody." For example, the characters are incredibly believable: who knew Tim Allen was a real person?! Julie Bowen, as the steadfast voice of reason in the back of Joe's insatiable mind, is adorable and comforting. The plot features antagonism in twofold: the immediate threat is Patrick Warburton's formiddable bully, while more-than-adequate foreshadowing points to the greasy and deceptive Jeremy (played by Greg Germann) as the bigger enemy here.

Simply put, it's a story of contentment (if only a struggling contentment) disrupted by uncontrollable circumstances, and the fruitless dissatisfaction that comes with the pursuit of revenge. In the end, of course, everyone learns a valuable life lesson which leads to my one qualm with the execution of the denouement: the conclusion is wrapped up way too succinctly and with far too great a success rate to be remotely believable. Even some of the unlovable and/or forlorn characters are redeemed during the last 90 seconds of the movie, by means of convenient little devices (such as the school play in which Jim Belushi and the pompous boyfriend actor have happily accepted small roles and apparently are better off for having done so). I have to remind myself, however, that this is not an epic film, and that I should just engage a little willful suspension of disbelief. It's usually better that way.

Rating:
Summary: Waste of time
Review: In-flight movie was atrocious, but when it's screaming child versus Tim Allen, our Mr. Tool Time wins by default. It was called "Joe Somebody" and the plot was thinner than Kate Moss at a vegan wedding. Let's see. Tim is dissatisfied with life, dreams unfulfilled, recently divorced and raising his ten-year old daughter who witnesses Tim's emasculation over a parking space at the hands of (no kidding) the guy from Seinfeld who played Elaine's boyfriend, Putty. Remember him? The episode where Jerry was buying a Saab and Putty was high-fiving everyone? Yeah. So anyway, Putty is parking in the "Ten Year Lot" at their company headquarters and Tim wants to make a federal case of it because, hey... Tim's been in a cubicle for ten years and deserves a space in the lot that Putty, being under the ten-year mark and all, is infringing on. Putty punches (but it sounded and looked like a slap) Tim three times and Tim is defeated in front of his daughter. Love interest Meg who works for the company's "Wellness" department (haven't heard that word since college) talks to Tim afterwards during which Tim relates that his divorce "left a hole in my heart so big that it hurts when the wind blows through it." I fall asleep for an hour.

I wake up twenty minutes before the movie ends and figure out that the parking spot incident has reached near-Biblical proprtions in its importance to the corporate culture surrounding it's David (Tim) and Goliath (Putty). Not a difficult plot, here. A fight date (in a schoolyard) has been set for Putty and Tim so that Tim might regain his manhood and his parking space. Several dozen co-workers assemble to cheer Tim on. Meg and Tim's daughter plead for him to be a bigger man and walk away from the fight. He does. Putty apologizes. Tim and Meg reunite. "A parking space isn't worth fighting for. You're worth fighting for." Tim touches his own heart and says to Meg, "See? No more hole."

Rating:
Summary: NOT TIM'S BEST,BUT GOOD
Review: It's been a while sence I saw this movie,but it deserves a bit better ratting then it's getting here. It's a feel good movie at the end.The ending caught me off gaurd the first time around(2veiws).
Tim's plays a nice guy who just doesn't fit in,but tries too. He gets into a fight over a parking space with the corp-bully.In front of his daughter and co -workers he's made the fool.Too redeam himself he challenges the bully to a rematch.With this challenge comes popularity & karate lessons.He goes from defferent too one of the crowed.In the end he must choice who he wants too be .The old Joe his family and true freinds like-or the new Joe who the false freinds like.
One thing i remember liking about this movie is the way they make fun of product ads ,bye putting a huge list of side effects on the t.v commercials.

Rating:
Summary: Messy and laughably bad
Review: Joe Scheffer is a hardworking employee and a decent father, but he considers himself a nobody because no one ever take notice of him. One day when he gets beat up by a fellow co-worker over a parking space in front of his daughter, Joe decided to stand up for himself and called for a rematch with the bully. When word of this upcoming confrontation reaches the office, Joe became popular all of a sudden, he gets invited to executives' exclusive health club, and even received a promotion. Now everything seems to go well for Joe, except that he has to learn how to fight in a short period of time.

Almost from the beginning Joe Somebody failed to grab my attention, the story is simplistic and terrible, more often than not I was bored. Plagued by bad jokes and tasteless humor, the movie often resorts to physical comedy (i.e. getting hit in the crotch) to squeeze out a few laughs from the audiences. Tim Allen's portrayal of Joe Scheffer is unforgivably dull, his character quickly degenerates into this shallow person who is out for revenge, he neglects his daughter and ignores the advice of the only friend that cared about him. There is definitely something wrong when the child acts more mature and adult-like than her father, who is so bent on picking a fight with the office bully. I really cannot recommend this film to anyone, and other than the PG rating this is not a family oriented movie, I suggest just let Joe Somebody fade into anonymity.

Rating:
Summary: nice family movie...very enjoyable
Review: Joe Somebody is a pretty good family movie. movie is about an average Joe played by Tim Allen who gets zero respect from his peers and work buddies. after 10 years with the same company, he wasn't given the promotion he wanted, and after getting beaten up and embarassed in front of his daughter and co-workers, he decides to take a stand, and get back what he lost in the parking lot.

i LOVE Belushi's character, Chuck Scarett. he's a former actor who had one good movie, and then his career tanked. he now teaches karate, and as he says, 90 percent of his business comes from people who got their butts kicked. i love the interaction between the Allen and Belushi character.

overall, solid and very enjoyable movie about your average Joe who wants to be somebody.

also includes some special features with a HILARIOUS deleted scene from Belushi's character.

good movie. good father's day present.