Despite the steely presence of Samuel L. Jackson and the comic timing of Eugene Levy, The Man's plot is pointless and its jokes rehashed, as it ends up playing out like the Odd Couple with gas.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Les Mayfield -
Producer -
Robert N. Fried -
Screenwriter -
Margaret Oberman , Jim Piddock , Stephen Carpenter -
Distributor -
New Line Cinema -
Production Co -
Fried Films -
Rating -
PG-13 (Rude Dialogue|Language|Some Violence) -
Genre -
Comedy , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 9, 2005, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 23, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$8.3M -
Runtime -
1h 23m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Dolby SRD , DTS , SDDS -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.37:1)
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