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Joe Somebody

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Joe Somebody (2001)

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Reviews Counted:83

Fresh:16

Rotten:67

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Amiable, but extremely lightweight and predictable.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for language, thematic elements and some mild violence

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 21, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $22,661,550

Synopsis: Tim Allen reteams with director John Pasquin (THE SANTA CLAUSE) in JOE SOMEBODY. Allen stars as Joe Scheffer, a mild-mannered man who makes promotional videos for a Minneapolis pharmaceutical... Tim Allen reteams with director John Pasquin (THE SANTA CLAUSE) in JOE SOMEBODY. Allen stars as Joe Scheffer, a mild-mannered man who makes promotional videos for a Minneapolis pharmaceutical company. Joe is divorced and quietly unhappy until the office bully, Mark McKinney (Patrick Warburton), punches him out in the company parking lot, in front of Joe's precocious young daughter (Hayden Panettiere of REMEMBER THE TITANS). The humiliated Joe sinks into such a deep depression that not even the flirtations of the company's pretty "wellness coordinator" (Julie Bowen) can rouse him. Joe decides that he has to restore his pride by challenging McKinney to a fight, and suddenly finds himself the most popular man in the office. Joe even hires a washed-up action movie star (Jim Belushi in a hilariously grizzled performance) to teach him martial arts. He soon finds that he has to weigh the allure of his newfound popularity against the love and respect of those who liked him the way he was. Screenwriter John Scott Shepherd does a good job of balancing slapstick comedy with touching family drama. Allen shows surprising range, giving a strong and sympathetic performance as an emotionally complex and dynamic character. [More]

Starring: Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch

Starring: Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Hayden Panettiere, Greg Germann, Patrick Warburton

Director: John Pasquin

Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: John Scott Shepherd
Producer: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Matthew Gross, Ken Atchity, Brian Reilly
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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2/5

Pablo Villaca

O arco dramático vivenciado pelo personagem de Tim Allen consegue, por vezes, comover e despertar uma identificação com o espectador. Pena que o filme, em sua insistência em se afirmar como comédia, tente criar piadas tão vazias e mal-sucedidas.

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2/4

David Nusair

Much of the running time is devoted to dramatic subplots and other such misguided attempts at pathos.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 01 2003 08:14 AM

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3/5

John R. McEwen

Bearing clear marks of a film made strictly to pay the bills, its performances are phoned in and its direction is eminently average.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:34 AM

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3/5

Gareth J. Von Kallenbach

An entertaining diversion and if you want a light film to just sit back and relax to, then this might just be your movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:43 AM

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Heather Wadowski

A cliched-filled family film with lines and situations so predictable, audiences will be left groaning rather than laughing.

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Ben Falk

The sort of feeble redemption story Hollywood often palms off on the film-going public.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 11 2002 08:32 AM

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Jeff Strickler

Not something to write home about.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Jean Lowerison

It has a lot of heart and offers enough amusing situations and lines to keep most viewers happy, at least the female ones.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 21 2002 08:31 AM

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Margaret A. McGurk

Pure sitcom material that could easily be polished off in 30 minutes, with laugh track.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 15 2002 08:28 AM

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Scott Weinberg

If you’re sitting through this flick searching for the two or three mild chuckles, you’re in for an experience akin to that old “needle in a haystack” scenario.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 20 2002 02:25 AM

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John J. Puccio

...viewed as something like an expanded television sitcom, the film works pretty well, but do you really want to spend any more than thirty minutes time with it?

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