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Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson
In theaters Nov 25, 1998
PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Kim Robillard, Daryl Mitchell, Lanny Flaherty, Chris Ellis, Blue Deckert
Director: Dean Parisot
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr. 32 min.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Theater Release: Nov 25, 1998
DVD Release: Mar 30, 1999
Synopsis: Dean Parisot, who won a live-action short Oscar, made his feature directorial debut with this black comedy from a producer team that included Barry Levinson and Lawrence Kasdan. A philandering stepdad is the victim of vengeful Mrs. Lever (Catherine O'Hara), who sends her sons out to scare him to death. Cobra helicopter pilots Dorian (Luke Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey) accomplish this by strafing the forest at night as the stepdad runs in terror. No one knows that pregnant Burger-Matic cashier

Critic Reviews

  • Eric Lurio, Greenwich Village Gazette
    Drew is cute as always and so's Wilson More...
  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
    A dark comedy that's artificially dark and is never very funny. More...
  • Oz, Hollywood Bitchslap
    There's a good movie somewhere in here trying to escape... the audience can relate to that desire. More...
  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
    Drew comes through for us. Her easy charm and winning smile put us back on track, giving us something familiar and wonderful to cling to. More...
  • David Bartholomew, Film Journal International
    What's interesting is pretty much unintentional, centering in the film's performances, which are excellent indeed. More...
  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
    The home fries are too salty for my taste. More...
  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
    Barrymore waddles through scene after scene in a variety of shabby housedresses and fussy, fluffy sweaters, the kinds of ridiculous clothes Hollywood seems for some reason to believe downtrodden young women in the Midwest actually wear. More...
  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
    It's one thing to be offbeat, and another thing entirely to be off-pitch. More...
  • Dustin Putman, DustinPutman.com
    For every good performance and delightful, well-written scene, there would be a large amount of off-the-wall material that did not work at all. More...
  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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