Rather than eventually turning into something like its title character, Joe Somebody never transcends its rather flat, bland and innocuous state.
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12/21/01
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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.
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... [More]
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Reviews for Joe Somebody
Makes the most of an infusion of top tube talent and network-style attributes.
12/21/01
A scruffy, amiable misfire of a comedy, full of lame jokes and mixed messages.
12/21/01
Joe Somebody continually squanders its opportunities for hilarity.
12/21/01
Top CriticThe demands of formula eventually stifle anything that even looks like inspiration or honesty.
12/21/01
Top CriticIt's terribly predictable, like turkey on Thanksgiving Day. But that doesn't mean you don't love it.
12/21/01
There's plenty of ABC After School Special dialogue here, along the lines of 'You've gotta find people in life who are there for you whether you're somebody or not.'
12/21/01
What's the holiday season without a turkey?
12/21/01
Top CriticStupid every step of the way.
12/21/01
[A] standard-transmission vehicle.
12/21/01
Top CriticFans of Allen's safe, everyguy humor will get down with it, but most of this fluff stuff packs a pretty weak punch.
12/21/01
Joe Somebody is such a lightweight film it's like watching a smoke ring -- just about the time you start to pay attention, it gets all fuzzy and floats away.
12/21/01
A movie based on Charles Atlas ads would be both more realistic and more entertaining than the moist, dithering hackwork slinking into theaters under the moniker Joe Somebody.
12/21/01
Joe Somebody isn't as bad as Glitter, but it's harder to watch--and that's pretty much as bad as mainstream movies get.
12/20/01
Rarely humorous and is filled with an exorbitant amount of movie clichés.
12/20/01
It's really not Allen's best work, but is for the most part watchable and might even be worth a bargain matinee.
12/20/01
Let's face it: 'To thine own self be true' is not exactly late breaking news.
12/20/01
If you're actually looking for a good movie, look elsewhere.
12/20/01
Utterly predictable and uninspired.
12/20/01
This contrived mess of a movie is even worse than the lowliest network schedule-filler, an example of a writing and production team woefully out of step with real life.
12/20/01
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