Big Trouble (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers (WGA):

Dave Barry (novel)
Robert Ramsey (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

These people are in big trouble:

Plot:

The lives of several Miami denizens, from ad agents to gunrunners to street thugs to law enforcement to school-children, intersect with humorous and dangerous results.

Plot Keywords:

Airport | FBI | Black Comedy | Security Guard | Sniper

Cast

Tim Allen	...	Eliot Arnold
Rene Russo	...	Anna Herk
Stanley Tucci	...	Arthur Herk
Tom Sizemore	...	Snake Dupree
Johnny Knoxville	...	Eddie Leadbetter
Dennis Farina	...	Henry Desalvo
Jack Kehler	...	Leonard Ferroni
Janeane Garofalo	...	Police Officer Monica Romero
Patrick Warburton	...	Police Officer Walter Kramitz
Ben Foster	...	Matt Arnold
Zooey Deschanel	...	Jenny Herk
Heavy D	...	FBI Agent Pat Greer (as Dwight 'Heavy D' Myers)
Omar Epps	...	FBI Agent Alan Seitz
Jason Lee	...	Puggy
Sofía Vergara	...	Nina

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, crude humor and sex-related, material.

Runtime:

85 min | Turkey:74 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38239) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

DIRCAMEO:(Barry Sonnenfeld) voice-only cameo as a Gators fan on a radio sports show.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Eliot's boss turns his computer towards Eliot, it is on but when Eliot kicks it, the screen is blank

Quotes:

Arthur Herk: Oh, my God! She's coming to get me!
Pat Greer: The dog, Mr. Herk?
Arthur Herk: No! Her!
Pat Greer: Who?
Arthur Herk: You know! Her!
Martha Stewart: Herk, Herk, Herk! Herk!
Arthur Herk: Oh, my God, she knows my name... She knows everything! She's come to take my soul!
Pat Greer: Mr. Herk, this is important...
Arthur Herk: Please don't let her take my soul!
Pat Greer: What the hell's he talking about?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Midnight Run (1988)

Soundtrack:

Macho Man

Awesome!

Although I had never heard of humorist Dave Barry before I saw this movie, I had a great time watching 'Big Trouble'.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld ('Men in Black', 'Get Shorty') does a great job of juggling the huge ensemble cast, and everyone (including Tim Allen) are all wonderfully funny and, it must be said, a little bit nuts. I particularly liked Dennis Farina as a hit-man who despises Miami (where the story takes place) and Zooey Deschanel as a deadpan teenager.

'Big Trouble' is outrageous fun for all, and this is a great comic ride.