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Joe Somebody

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Joe Somebody (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 82

Fresh: 16

Rotten:66

Average Rating: 4.1/10

Consensus: Amiable, but extremely lightweight and predictable.

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 company. Joe is divorced and quietly... 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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Jul 4, 2006

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DVD Features:

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  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen - 2.35
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish, French

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Deleted scenes (5; w/Optional Commentary)
  • Audio Commentary - John Pasquin - Director; Brian Reilly - Producer
  • Behind the Scenes - Fight Choreography
  • Featurettes
  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. Previews - THE BANGER SISTERS

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02/25/04
Andrew Rodgers
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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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08/16/03
Pablo Villaca
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Much of the running time is devoted to dramatic subplots and other such misguided attempts at pathos.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
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Bearing clear marks of a film made strictly to pay the bills, its performances are phoned in and its direction is eminently average.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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An entertaining diversion and if you want a light film to just sit back and relax to, then this might just be your movie.

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12/08/02
Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
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A cliched-filled family film with lines and situations so predictable, audiences will be left groaning rather than laughing.

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12/08/02
Heather Wadowski
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The sort of feeble redemption story Hollywood often palms off on the film-going public.

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11/11/02
Ben Falk
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Not something to write home about.

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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
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11/05/02
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It has a lot of heart and offers enough amusing situations and lines to keep most viewers happy, at least the female ones.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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Pure sitcom material that could easily be polished off in 30 minutes, with laugh track.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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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.

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08/20/02
Scott Weinberg
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...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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08/17/02
John J. Puccio
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Neither abysmally bad nor truly good, this is filmmaking McDonald's-style: You know early on what you've let yourself in for and, while it's not too tasty, it's reasonably easy to digest.

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06/09/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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