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Release Date: 14 October, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $11.99 You SAVE: $3.00! Cast: Complete Cast (19 total) |
Big Trouble Reviews
Big Budget for Small Concepts, but Big Laughs
Big Trouble isn't the kind of movie that will be favoured in the box-office. A plot revolving (no pun intended) around inept security, whacked cops, bad-shot assassins, moronic thieves, hallucinogen-squirting toads, and water guns doesn't exactly scream Academy Awards. But since when has any Tim Allen movies raised to that calibre? Big Trouble is a feel good comedy mixed with great punch lines, a touch of the ridiculous, and a microscopic amount drama.
The cast consists of Tim Allen as Eliot Arnold: an ex-columnist, now in publicity, and a recently divorced father of a son who deems him a loser. Ben Foster plays Matt Arnold: son of Eliot who is the catalyst of many misconstrued incidences. Rene Russo plays Anna Herk, mother of Zooey Deschanel (Jenny Herk), unhappily married to Stanley Tucci (Arthur Herk): materialistic criminal whose T.V. is as important as licking Sofia Vergara's toes (the housemaid, Nina). Her love interest is Frito-obsessed; tree living, passive yet deceptively strong, sarcastic yet quiet Jason Lee (Puggy). He, in turn, ignorantly works for a couple of Russians in a run-down bar carrying weaponry and bombs back and forth. This happens to be the same bar in which two bullies with the IQ of a toothpick lead Puggy and Arthur into the great ensemble reminding the viewers what a small world we live in.
A scene that reflects most viewers' feelings towards the film are when Nina wakes up from unconsciousness and, in a blurry daze, her eyes focus on the ever so peaceful looking Puggy. Beginning with a soft sigh, followed by familiarity and confusion, she utters: Jesus?
Strained comedy wastes talent on both sides of the camera
Direced by Barry Sonnenfeld (ADDAMS FAMILY & GET SHORTY), BIG TROUBLE is probably a movie best known for being one of the movies which had their release dates pushed back after the 9/11 attacks; because of a subplot featuring a nuclear bomb on board a plane. This probably gave the movie more publicity than it deserved. This is a real shame with a cast including Tim Allen, the still sexy Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, Janeane Garofalo and Stanley Tucci.
Based on Dave Barry's novel this film version doesn't make a lot of sense, but just seems to be a string of character vignettes leading up to the bomb angle. Among the players are the narrator, a hippie named Puggy (Jason Lee) who lives in a tree. Why? I'm sure it made sense in the book, but since I haven't read it... Anyway Puggy is one of the people destined for the plane because he wants to experience eating his first bag of Fritos(?) Other unrelated characters brought together by the suitcrase slated to explode over Miami include Mafia hitman Henry (Dennis Farina) and his partner Leonard; a pair of prisoners, Snake Dupri (Tom Sizemore) and Eddie Leadbetter (Johnny Knoxville) and a pair of FBI Agents played by Heavy D and Omar Epps.
This all-star cast gives what audiences have come to expect from all-star movies: mediocrity, a confusing script and all the trimmings. Highlights? There are none. BIG TROUBLE is what you get, which is a shame because this cast deserves better.
DVD features include Director's commentary and a "5 minute movie" (which actually runs for 7 minutes) featuring the same story for people with no time to watch the full version. So really BIG TROUBLE is nothing more than a short subject expanded a dozen times...
The SPCS will be up in arms over the scene where a sexy maid, played by Sophia Varaga is commanded by Stanley Tucci's character to suck his toes. They'd probably consider it to promote "sexual coercion" and try and get the movie's NZ classification raised to a restricted rating. In a nutshell though; BIG TROUBLE is a confusing all-star mess from a Director who should know better. A waste of time and talent.
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