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Big Trouble

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4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This star packed movie is non stop action. You will not find one cliché or un-original thought in this movie. There is no way to anticipate the plot.

Actually it is like reading a Dave Berry novel; that could be because the story was based on one. As with all his works it starts off reasonable builds up to incredulous and then over the top. You are carried along with out even realizing it.

The story starts off with many overlapping threads. We have a young hit man from school out to get a school girl all wet. There is an unscrupulous character (Stanley Ticci) with a graphic (close your eyes) toe (belonging to Sofía Vergara) fetish. The mother (Rene Russo) goes down of the would-be hit man. The television is shot. Nina meets her maker Puggy. The dog finds aromas. Need I say more?

O.K. there is a frog, goats, and a portable garbage disposal.

On a deeper level it is about families and trust. But don't mind that now just sit back and have some fun

A very funny movie that somehow never got the attention it deserved. Interesting plot and great characters.

This movie is absolutely hilarious. There are so many characters and sub plots that it's a hoot to see how they're all loosely tied together. Miami Herald writer Dave Barry wrote the book that this film is based on. He's the funniest columnist I've ever read. I guess that's why he's nationaly syndicated now. Check out this cast: Omar Eppes, Stanley Tucci, Tim Allen, Renne Russo, Tom Seizmore, Dennis Farina, Jason Lee, Sofía Vergara, Zooey Deschanel, Jack Kehler and Heavy D. You must not only see this, but own it as well.

Oh my god Dave Barry wrote the book and it was perfectly adapted to the screen. The movie is just spectacular i think it is just awesome. They even included the stupid goats. If you don't like this movie i hate you. I think everyone should see it. Tim Allen is the man and Dave Barry needs to write a sequel so another movie can be made. Not only that i think Rene Russo did a good job and so did everyone else. Cudos to them.

This movie was panned for being a 'great mess' and 'stupid'. Quite frankly it was neither. I am a 'Casablance' Manchurian Candidate, Indiscreet, Vertigo person. But when reanted this movie - FOR MY MOM, in fact (she liked the book, bu ended up never seeing the movie)- I loved it. The laughs were straight forward, very ironicat times. And everyting was so brilliantly random. 86 or so minutes is short huh? Well it was just perfect for Big Trouble. I admit, they could have made it longer, but they didn't want that, no. Because the action in the movie happens the minute you turn it on. All the characters are introduced in their own moments, and they become so humorous, so quirky, you just want to reach outand either hug, them shoot them, or spray them with a squirt gun. Irony is key in Big Trouble, and all the characters are given their proper dosage. As a 13 year old (14 in less than a month, actually about 20 days) I reccommend this movie to -- - -anyone. I don't care if old ladies won't like it, they probably won't but I thoroughly enjoyed it. the only flaw is, the whole 'are you looking at my...' sequnces, which weren't in the book, and I thought could have been taken out. Butthe movie, in my opinion was better than the book, and it was more. . .less... long. Book wasn't too long or anytihng, I've read moby dick, it just dragged for me. Good, but dragged. Anyway, I must be goiing. Please giv Big Trouble a chance, you won't regret it.

All I have to say is that, having read the book, I believe that this movie is an extraordinarily rare example of an absolutely flawless film adaptation of a book. Whoever worked on the casting in this film is an absolute genius, and Barry Sonnenfeld, as a director, is remarkably clever in capturing Dave Barry's unique wit on film.

Kudos to Tim Allen as both the main character and narrator, as well as all of the other people who worked to produce such an extraordinary film translation. Dave Barry would be proud.

the beginning is hilarious with Jason Lee(Dreamcatcher, Stealing Harvard, Vanilla Sky, Almost Famous) as Puggy who lives in a tree and fancys the snack chip Fritos(genius, I borrowed this movie to my friend Jesse, who at the time had the long hair like Puggy and looked exactly like Puggy in the movie, so my friend Jesse went along with it and started to eat Fritos everyday). its about this damn silvercase which everyone mistakes it for a garbage disposal but its a nuclear warhead and it falls into the hands of the stupids, as I like to call them, played by Johnny Knoxville(Jackass The Movie, Men In Black 2) and Tom Sizemore(Heat, Dreamcatcher). also trying to stop it is secret agents Omar Epps(Scream 2, Dracula 2000) and Heavy D(The Cider House Rules). the characters intervene with each other nicely to bring this comic grande to life. Dennis Farina(Snatch, Out Of Sight) and Jack Kehler are hitmen who are assigned to kill Stanley Tucci(The Pelican Brief, Americas Sweethearts) who gets maced in the face by toad venom and starts to see Martha Stewarts head on the family dog(another genius moment). also starring is Tim Allen(Joe Somebody, Who Is Cletus Tout?) Ben Foster(Get Over It), Rene Russo(Get Shorty, The Thomas Crown Affair), Zooey Deschanel(The New Guy, Almost Famous), DJ Qualls(The Core, The New Guy, Road Trip), Janeane Garafolo(The Minus Man, MysteryMen) and Patrick Warburton(tv's Family Guy, Scream 3) are two cops, so is Andy Richter(Scary Movie 2, Dr. T and the Women) who plays two twin brothers who are cops. Daniel London(Minority Report, Patch Adams) plays one of the Russian bar owners.

Favorite Line
Puggy(Jason Lee, who eats a Frito and says)- you cant beat these when their fresh

Balls of jokes... about 10 percent work, and about 50 percent of those you've seen in at least 20 other movies. It's quick and humorous enough to be better than most middle-of-the-road pictures these days, but tries too hard at being quirky and stylish to actually obtain quirkiness and style. Also has the absolute worst Strangelove parody... ever... in any medium.

Not the worst way to waste 1.5 hours, but you're better off watching pulp fiction or lock stock and two smoking barrels for the umpteenth time (Big Trouble can't even hold it's own against many of their myriad imitators, with the possible exception of gags).

One of the most under-rated comedies in the last twenty years. Like Kelly's Heroes in the early seventies, this just suffered from bad timing.

Kelly's Heroes bombed at the box office because it was a war movie at the peak of the anti-war sentiment inspired by Vietnam. It has since been recognized as a classic comedy.

Similarly, Big Trouble just hit at the wrong time, right after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. But give it time, and it will similarly become recognized as a classic.

If you've read the book, you'll be impressed with the casting, which is almost perfect. Only Puggy seemed a little off, and even that wasn't too bad. Tim Allen is perfect as the protagonist, and he also does the narration, which is excellent. The hitmen (Dennis Farina and Jack Kehler) are just right. I have to give Dennis Farina particular note - he was probably the funniest person in the cast. Barry Sonnenfeld is, of course, a great comedic director, and he keeps the whole thing flowing with good comic timing.

The movie's kind of wacky, but if you read and appreciate Dave Barry's humor columns, then you'll probably love it. If you haven't read the novel, watch for the toad, the goats, Martha Stewart's hallucinagenic image, and, of course, the "garbage disposal". And if you read and liked the novel, you really ought to get this movie.

I love these kind of shows. Just for something fun to do. This is a hilarias hil---hilar-----nevermind. anyway take it from me. someone whos well edjacated in the arts that this was very well written.