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Big Trouble (2002)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:53

Rotten:57

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: With its large cast and frantic comic pacing, Big Trouble labors for slapstick-style hilarity, but it never really gains steam.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, crude humor and sex-related, material

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 5, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $7,262,288

Synopsis: In Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, based on the novel by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, Tim Allen stars as Eliot Arnold, a former Miami Herald columnist whose wife has left him, drives a Geo,... In Barry Sonnenfeld's BIG TROUBLE, based on the novel by Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, 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 and you have one wacky screwball comedy that is as funny as it is wildly complicated. [More]

Starring: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore

Starring: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo, Omar Epps, Jason Lee, Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, Andy Richter, Zooey Deschanel, Barry Sonnenfeld

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Producer: Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Tom Jacobson
Composer: James Newton Howard
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

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  • Big Trouble
  • The laughs come fast and furious as Tim Allen (JOE SOMEBODY, GALAXY QUEST) and Rene Russo (SHOWTIME, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR) star in a film from Barry Sonnenfeld, director of GET SHORTY and MEN IN BLACK. Based on humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, BIG TROUBLE follows the comedic chaos created when a mysterious suitcase that threatens the security of Miami changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, 2 hit men, a pair of street thugs, 2 love-struck teens, 2 FBI men, and a psychedelic toad. There is something for everyone no matter who is looking for BIG TROUBLE -- and in the end, all-star comedy conquers all.
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    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
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    Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
    11/19/08
    MaryAnn Johanson
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    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    08/07/08
    Mark Halverson
    Mark Halverson
    Sacramento News & Review

    Faithful to the events in Barry's novel, lifts a good deal of his witty dialogue, and recruits a proven cast of laugh-winners. Why, then, is it so resolutely unfunny?

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/23/07
    Rob Gonsalves
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    12/30/06
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    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Film Threat
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    The worst thing someone could say about "Big Trouble" is that it's too much like "Get Shorty," which is one of the best reasons to go see the film

    Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
    02/24/04
    Vanessa Sibbald
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    Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
    02/01/04
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    Sprawling comedy has a few laughs in it -- and the specter of recent events hanging over it.

    Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
    07/17/03
    James Rocchi
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    Netflix

    Director Barry Sonnenfeld unites an incredibly unique and charismatic ensemble cast for this witty adaptation of Dave Barry's 1998 novel.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    05/20/03
    Tyler Hanley
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    Palo Alto Weekly

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    04/05/03
    Andrea Chase
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    Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
    03/05/03
    Steven Snyder
    Steven Snyder
    Zertinet Movies

    ...a highly enjoyable romp that is as multi-faceted as it is tightly constructed.

    Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
    02/08/03
    John R. McEwen
    John R. McEwen
    Film Quips Online

    Big Trouble is one of those great big silly capers that fails at juggling its dark humor while feeling cutesy in its ability to dance around the plot contrivances...derivative, offensive, stylish and smirky crime caper.

    Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
    02/04/03
    Frank Ochieng
    Frank Ochieng
    Movie Eye

    Tim Allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast, as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/08/02
    Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
    Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
    Film Threat

    It's a good thing Tim Allen has Santa Claus to fall back on because any more pictures like this one and he'd be in BIG trouble.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    11/07/02
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    In this clumsy attempt to merge farce with satire, the jokes repeatedly miss the mark.

    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    11/06/02
    Jeff Strickler
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    Minneapolis Star Tribune
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    Huffs like a bus headed uphill while Mr. Sonnenfeld and company shovel on weirdness and hope for the best.

    Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
    10/15/02
    Margaret A. McGurk
    Margaret A. McGurk
    Cincinnati Enquirer

    ...Big Trouble is...one of the more enjoyable comedies to emerge in a good long while.

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    09/26/02
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