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For Richer or Poorer (1997)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:3

Rotten:16

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A sleazy Manhattan real estate developer and his fussy wife find themselves on the run from the Feds after their accountant diverts their income tax payments into his personal savings. Drawing on... A sleazy Manhattan real estate developer and his fussy wife find themselves on the run from the Feds after their accountant diverts their income tax payments into his personal savings. Drawing on research from "Witness," the two squabblers pass themselves off as new arrivals at the Amish community of Intercourse, PA (no, really), in austere surroundings that provide for plenty of yuks. [More]

Starring: Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner

Starring: Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner, Wayne Knight, Larry Miller, Miguel A. Nunez, Megan Cavanagh, Carrie Preston, John Pyper-Ferguson

Director: Bryan Spicer

Director: Bryan Spicer
Producer: Bill Sheinberg, Jon Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg
Screenwriter: Jana Howington, Steve Lukanic
Composer: Randy Edelman

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Apr 13, 1999

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Not a terrible romantic comedy. The Amish stuff has been done before, there are some moments in here.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

No masterpiece, but it does have heart

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01/23/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
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04/12/02
Globe and Mail

A culture-clash comedy that's less a movie than an overproduced, four-times-too-long sitcom.

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01/01/00
Bob Satuloff
Bob Satuloff
Film Journal International

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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Emanuel Levy
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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
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I wish Tim Allen would go back to cocaine and stop making movies. In fact, the good of the world demands it.

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07/05/04
Martin Scribbs
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Bottom of the barrel comedy tripe.

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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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for tube addicts who wish sitcoms were really, really long so they could be crammed with even more bedroom jokes, bathroom humor and 'nudge, nudge' line readings.

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