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The frantic pacing of Big Trouble is surely intentional, but the movie leaves you wanting more of... something. Not more characters--it's got plenty of those--but more room for them to breathe in a top-heavy plot that recalls Get Shorty (also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld) without reaching those heights of ingenuity. Based on the bestseller by syndicated Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, this Miami-based mayhem bears the distinct imprint of Barry's humour, in which absurdities pile up like rush-hour traffic, involving a former journalist (Tim Allen) connected by circumstance to a wealthy schemer (Stanley Tucci), his bored wife (Rene Russo), Russian mobsters, mismatched cops (Janeane Garofalo, Patrick Warburton), power-crazed FBI agents (Heavy D, Omar Epps), a Frito-loving drifter (Jason Lee), cretinous criminals (Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville), and a gigantic toad that shoots hallucinogenic saliva. Culminating in an airport bomb smuggling (prom! pting the film's delayed release after the tragedy of September 11, 2001), Big Trouble needs the brilliant cohesion of Dr Strangelove; what it gets is Sonnenfeld's knack for sustained chaos, and a few decent belly laughs. --Jeff Shannon
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From the director of Men in Black and Get Shorty, Barry Sonnenfield, comes a hilarious comedy caper starring Tim Allen (The Santa Clause) and Rene Russo (The Thomas Crown Affair). This frantically paced, ingeniously plotted, in-your-face gangster farce, centres on a mysterious briefcase and its dangerous contents. The briefcase is not in safe hands - street thugs Snake (Tom Sizemore - Pearl Harbor), Eddie (Johnny Knoxville - Jackass) and Puggy (Jason Lee - Chasing Amy) are travelling around Miami with it. When their lives collide with Eliot Arnold (Allen), a divorced journalist, everybody's lives are changed forever. Can Eliot survive his encounter with thieves and gangsters? Perhaps this is a chance for him to prove himself, win back the respect of his estranged son (Ben Foster- Get Over It) and gain the love of sexy Anna Herk (Russo).
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If you're fond of Karl Hiassen-esque Florida whack-job tales, you're sure to like this yarn--originally by Hiassen's newspaper officemate Dave Berry. A bunch of misfits are on the loose in Miami with a suitcase nuke that could take out half the city. But they mistakenly think it's just a fancy garbage dispose-all. There's a guy who looks like Jesus who lives in a tree. Two NYC hit men. A loser newspaperman. Teenagers with attitude. A pair of dim-witted thugs. A pair of cops who are not having any fun. A toe-sucking white-collar crook and his disgusted wife. A dog. An hallucenogenic toad. And Martha Stewart. Though it sags a bit at the end, it's fine fun overall.
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Big Trouble was a fast moving film that left a credible storyline somewhere behind in the distance but it had a few very funny moments in it.It was impossible to get to like or dislike any of the characters because they all seemed to interact so shallowly and surreally.
Tim Allen has starred in a much funnier and involving film than this about a man who takes on a bully at work - Joe Somebody.Buy that instead.
Tim Allen has starred in a much funnier and involving film than this about a man who takes on a bully at work - Joe Somebody.Buy that instead.
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Having read the original Dan Barry novel, which is superb and highly recommended, I had high hopes for this, considering an excellent cast and director. Although I enjoyed the film, I was left feeling it could have been better. Parts of the book are left out,good ones at that, which seems a little strange when the running time is just about 1 hour 20 mins. Extra time could have been used to flesh out the characters, who to be honest, are pretty much blank canvases to hang plot points on.
Having said that, its an enjoyable, turn your brain off film, that has kept the spirit of Dan Barry's book, if not the heart and soul. Nice turns from most of the cast. Final verdict - rent, don't buy.
Having said that, its an enjoyable, turn your brain off film, that has kept the spirit of Dan Barry's book, if not the heart and soul. Nice turns from most of the cast. Final verdict - rent, don't buy.
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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. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2008 by bernie
Entertaining if sometimes a bit absurd
I've seen Big Troubles several times now and put it on when I want to watch something that's amusing without too much thought required. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2004 by Tim Houghton
Excellant but not developed
This is an excellant film, which was absolutely hilarious. This is the sort of film for you if you like madcap comedy like Rat Race or Fawlty Towers. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2004 by Hannah Probert
Plays like Rat Race....
This movie plays like It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, or its recent ripoff, Rat Race, with a huge cast of characters (mostly paired in twos) related by one object. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2003 by "gulharit"
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