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Summary: ...
Review: Balls of jokes... about 10 percent work, and about 50 percent of those you've seen in at least 20 other movies. It's quick and humorous enough to be better than most middle-of-the-road pictures these days, but tries too hard at being quirky and stylish to actually obtain quirkiness and style. Also has the absolute worst Strangelove parody... ever... in any medium.Not the worst way to waste 1.5 hours, but you're better off watching pulp fiction or lock stock and two smoking barrels for the umpteenth time (Big Trouble can't even hold it's own against many of their myriad imitators, with the possible exception of gags).
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Summary: Destined to be a cult classic
Review: One of the most under-rated comedies in the last twenty years. Like Kelly's Heroes in the early seventies, this just suffered from bad timing. Kelly's Heroes bombed at the box office because it was a war movie at the peak of the anti-war sentiment inspired by Vietnam. It has since been recognized as a classic comedy. Similarly, Big Trouble just hit at the wrong time, right after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. But give it time, and it will similarly become recognized as a classic. If you've read the book, you'll be impressed with the casting, which is almost perfect. Only Puggy seemed a little off, and even that wasn't too bad. Tim Allen is perfect as the protagonist, and he also does the narration, which is excellent. The hitmen (Dennis Farina and Jack Kehler) are just right. I have to give Dennis Farina particular note - he was probably the funniest person in the cast. Barry Sonnenfeld is, of course, a great comedic director, and he keeps the whole thing flowing with good comic timing. The movie's kind of wacky, but if you read and appreciate Dave Barry's humor columns, then you'll probably love it. If you haven't read the novel, watch for the toad, the goats, Martha Stewart's hallucinagenic image, and, of course, the "garbage disposal". And if you read and liked the novel, you really ought to get this movie.
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Summary: a perfect example of a rainy day movie
Review: I love these kind of shows. Just for something fun to do. This is a hilarias hil---hilar-----nevermind. anyway take it from me. someone whos well edjacated in the arts that this was very well written.
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Summary: Timing is Everything
Review: This movie was scheduled to come out in September 2001. Given its plot (how two morons manage to smuggle a suitcase nuke onto a commuter plane without realizing what they've got), it was an inevitable non-starter after 9/11. That's a shame, because this movie is well made and absolutely hilarious. It based on a novel by Dave Barry, and it plays like one of his columns. There are goofy teenagers, confused hitmen, a hippie in a tree, and Renee Russo. A great movie, and a good addition to my DVD collection.
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Summary: The Funniest Movie Ever
Review: The only "trouble" with this movie is that people give it bad reviews. The humor is very simple and mostly visual slapstick humor, and the subplots are all very easy to follow if you stay awake during the film. This could very well be because Dave Barry is one of the smartest and wittiest writers to ever walk the planet. Put that with the talents in this movie, and you have a hit. I can't wait for a sequel if there will ever be one, and can't understand how people can say bad things about it. It rocks.
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Summary: Strained comedy wastes talent on both sides of the camera
Review: Direced by Barry Sonnenfeld (ADDAMS FAMILY & GET SHORTY), BIG TROUBLE is probably a movie best known for being one of the movies which had their release dates pushed back after the 9/11 attacks; because of a subplot featuring a nuclear bomb on board a plane. This probably gave the movie more publicity than it deserved. This is a real shame with a cast including Tim Allen, the still sexy Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo and Stanley Tucci.
Based on Dave Barry's novel this film version doesn't make a lot of sense, but just seems to be a string of character vignettes leading up to the bomb angle. Among the players are the narrator, a hippie named Puggy (Jason Lee) who lives in a tree. Why? I'm sure it made sense in the book, but since I haven't read it... Anyway Puggy is one of the people destined for the plane because he wants to experience eating his first bag of Fritos(?) Other unrelated characters brought together by the suitcrase slated to explode over Miami include Mafia hitman Henry (Dennis Farina) and his partner Leonard; a pair of prisoners, Snake Dupri (Tom Sizemore) and Eddie Leadbetter (Johnny Knoxville) and a pair of FBI Agents played by Heavy D and Omar Epps.
This all-star cast gives what audiences have come to expect from all-star movies: mediocrity, a confusing script and all the trimmings. Highlights? There are none. BIG TROUBLE is what you get, which is a shame because this cast deserves better.
DVD features include Director's commentary and a "5 minute movie" (which actually runs for 7 minutes) featuring the same story for people with no time to watch the full version. So really BIG TROUBLE is nothing more than a short subject expanded a dozen times...
The SPCS will be up in arms over the scene where a sexy maid, played by Sophia Varaga is commanded by Stanley Tucci's character to suck his toes. They'd probably consider it to promote "sexual coercion" and try and get the movie's NZ classification raised to a restricted rating. In a nutshell though; BIG TROUBLE is a confusing all-star mess from a Director who should know better. A waste of time and talent.
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Summary: What potential!?!
Review: A film full of good actors, a wacky plot written by a funny author and directed by someone who knows all about self conscious humor. That's the potential, but this movie feels like it never gets off the ground because there are so many subplots that detract from where the plot actually takes the characters(all of them) at the end that it feels subverted and half baked. It makes the audience wonder why this wasn't made into a television series instead(at least in this incarnation). It is funny at times and heartwarming as well, but you know what's wrong with it
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Summary: The Chase That Falls on It's Face! !
Review: With a crew of such actors as Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, & Janeane Garofalo, you would expect a flick to be a roll-in-the-aisles laugh riot, but, having seen it now, it no longer surprises me that I can't remember having seen this groaner advertized in theaters, above & beyond the fact it was produced in Canada.
Even the cover art is a misnomer, and one of the main reasons I bought this in a deal on the net, without investigating first. What I thought might have been a Sopranos'Mob satire (and, unlike the cover art, NOBODY wears a leather jacket), turns out to be a slap-dash redneck swamp rat chase to recapture a Russian nuclear weapon which leaves you wanting more of just about EVERYTHING INCLUDING MOVIE( the running time for this second-rater only adds up to the claimed 85 minutes if you add in the titles and end credits BOTH!)
It does have a few decent laughs, but it definitely AIN'T worth the asking price!
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Summary: Not worth your time
Review: My advice is to not waste your time with this movie. It was just downright stupid and wasn't funny in my opinion. You'd think with Tim Allen, Rene Russo, and several other very good actors and actresses that it would be a great movie. The 'Big Trouble' with it is that I think it largely relied on the cast and was thin in many other areas.
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Summary: Hilarious movie. Unique in its own way.
Review: Big trouble has got one of the best plots I've seen in a while for a comdy. Starting out with a character named Puggy who used to live in a box eating fritos explaining the story of Noah's ark. The story is then narrarated by Tim Allen's character, with explainations and introductions on other characters as they come into the two day plot. As Allen put when introducing a character, "he was on of the few Floridians who was NOT confused when he voted for Pat Bucanan." The story then goes on to introduce a barage of characters including Allen's son and his two friends, a maid, two burglars, two russian weapons dealers, two cops, a carnival security officer, two hitmen (one well played by Dennis Farina), and of course, Puggy. The story takes place when the two burglars eventually get hold of a bomb about halfway through the movie. A chase ensues and the laughs just keep coming. Johnny Knoxville plays on of the stupid burglars/kidnappers, and in one scne asks a man what knot he would like to be tied up in. The movie has many twists and turns to keep anyone guessing. And in the special features section you can watch the key parts of the film in approx. 8 minutes. You don't miss too much and everything is understood. Overall, a really good comdey that has good comedy for teens and adults.
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