Rating: 
Summary: Perfectly Cast
Review: It was great to see Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson and Billy Bob Thornton team up for this film. For some reason, magic maybe, their personal mannerisms make this fun flick feel like an honest-to-gosh Reality show. You might call them hillbilly's, a small southern town where a man in a real man, a real man being demeaning toward his wife, their income dependent on a couple of small, mom-pop businesses and then there is the very close living between couples. A little too close, as it turns out.
But that happens everywhere - didn't you know? They do everything together, even though they can never agree on an objective amicably. We see them as they start off on a vacation to Reno to attend a Monster Truck show. On the way they share a motel room to save money, share a bed to save money, gamble to earn money, predominantly "guy" stuff, you know? And therein lies the payback for their chosen lifestyle. I won't give the plot away, but it struck close chords with me and I'll bet I have a lot of company amongst those who have chosen to watch this film.
Rating:
Summary: Perfectly Cast
Review: It was great to see Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson and Billy Bob Thornton team up for this film. For some reason, magic maybe, their personal mannerisms make this fun flick feel like an honest-to-gosh Reality show. You might call them hillbilly's, a small southern town where a man in a real man, a real man being demeaning toward his wife, their income dependent on a couple of small, mom-pop businesses and then there is the very close living between couples. A little too close, as it turns out.
But that happens everywhere - didn't you know? They do everything together, even though they can never agree on an objective amicably. We see them as they start off on a vacation to Reno to attend a Monster Truck show. On the way they share a motel room to save money, share a bed to save money, gamble to earn money, predominantly "guy" stuff, you know? And therein lies the payback for their chosen lifestyle. I won't give the plot away, but it struck close chords with me and I'll bet I have a lot of company amongst those who have chosen to watch this film.
Rating: 
Summary: comedic gem
Review: The talents of this cast take this story and make it enjoyable and entertaining. The always lovable Billy Bob Thornton and Patrick Swayzee are perfect opposites, and Charlize Theron justs get sexier with each film she makes, Natasha Richardson shines as the wallflower wife turned into a outgoing take charge woman when the trip to Reno comes unraveled in hilarious marital misadventure that forutunately ends in a typical hollywood all is well with the world ending.
Rating:
Summary: Oddly Entertaining
Review: This film deals with infidelity of the worst kind, with best friends' spouses. Surprisingly this was a very entertaining movie that keeps your attention. The cast is a group of well knowns (Swayze, Thornton, Richardson, Theron, and a few scenes with Penelope Cruz). Good fun humor from a bunch of folks from the south. Worth a look.
Rating:
Summary: A real hoot!
Review: This is one of the funniest films I've seen in years. Billy Bob's performance is outstanding. Some reviewers have said that the characters are stereotypical dumb rednecks. All I can say is that I know a lot of people just like them. And I would say that they are not dumb, but rather sweet but naive.
Rating: 
Summary: Dont waste your time or money on this one.
Review: Waking up in Reno Directed by Jordan Brady is billed as a "feel good comedy" on the dvd but its anything but its a somewhat average, trashy soap opera of mishaps featuring one dishonest character after another. This one while it gave me three or four laughs are the kinda laughs you get when you see some get a pie in the face, that its cheap humor with limited value.
A group of buddies on their way to Reno find out that one of their spouses has been cheating on one another, amist this dsyfuctions, accusations of infidelity are exposed and peoples
so called values are burned to the ground.
The one actor that sticks out here as a sore thumb has to be Charlize Theron, which can be basically characterized as the "whore" of the movie. She has sex with her hubby Roy Kirkendall (Patrick Swayze) both in and outdoors. Roy is as dumb as they come, honestly, he cant even see her own cheating habits on him with his best friend, Lonnie Earl (Billy Bob Thornton) when the truth comes out.
Billy Bob though gives the best acting here, playing a loney husband whose wife doesnt want to give him the love he so desires. The guy is an utter wreck trapped in a loveless marriage
explaning why he cheats with other women including prostitutes. Natasha Richardson as Lonnie's wife, Darlene isnt much better than Candy (Theron). In fact she is more SHALLOW
than her often complaining that her husband isnt romantic enough yet accepging superficial gifts likea diamond in exchance for love.
As you can see its anything but a feel good comedy, a couple of laughs are very few and between the ugly characters and predictable storyline so dont waste your time.
Rating:
Summary: Awake And Laughing.
Review: Waking Up In Reno is everything it's cracked up to be. Patrick Swayze takes on a role most of us have never seen him in - soft and somewhat dim-witted, gentle, and quite lovable. Charlize Theron plays the wife he is trying to impregnate. Billy Bob Thornton is a car salesman, and somewhat of a jerk in the film - but manages to remain oddly likable anyhow. Thornton's wife is portrayed by Natasha Richardson - a housewife with some issues of her own. These four quirky redneck friends decide to take a trip to Reno for a monster truck show and some much-needed vacation time. Along the way there are side-splitting laughs galore and a very dysfunctional good time. This is Jerry Springer meets Road Trip and the result is a ball of fun! You'll find yourself actually wanting to watch this one more than once - a strange sort of "feel good" movie - easily one of my favorites.
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