Directed by:
Barry SonnenfeldCinematography:
Greg GardinerComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo, Patrick Warburton, Ben Foster, Zooey Deschanel (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tim Allen
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Cars (2006)
Rene Russo
USA
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Stanley Tucci
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Tom Sizemore
USA
Best movies:
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Johnny Knoxville
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Dennis Farina
USA
Best movies:
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Snatch (2000)
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Janeane Garofalo
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Patrick Warburton
USA
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Ben Foster
USA
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Jason Lee
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Best movies:
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Sofía Vergara
Colombia
Best movies:
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Andy Richter
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Michael McShane
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Daniel London
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DJ Qualls
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Cullen Douglas
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Jonathan Kasdan
USA
Best movies:
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David Koepp
USA
Best movies:
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