Big Trouble (2002)

Buy This Item Big Trouble (2002) by Walt Disney Video  Available from Amazon  $9.99  on 11-29-2008     The frantic pacing of <I>Big Trouble</I> is surely intentional, but the movie leaves you wanting more of <I>something</I>. Not more characters--it's got plenty of those--but more room for them to breathe in a top-heavy plot that recalls <I>Get Shorty</I> (also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld) without reaching those heights of ingenuity. Based on the bestseller by syndicated <I>Miami Herald</I> columnist Dave Barry, this Miami-based mayhem bears the distinct imprint of Barry's humor, 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 (prompting the film's delayed release after the tragedy of September 11, 2001), <I>Big Trouble</I> needs the brilliant cohesion of <I>Dr. Strangelove</I>; what it gets is Sonnenfeld's knack for sustained chaos, and a few decent belly laughs. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I> Reader Reviews Watch this movie. If you're unsure, you can rent it first...chances are you'll laugh so hard that you won't think twice about buying it. Barry is one of those writers who not only creates hilarious characters and dialogue, but a plot that is funny in and of itself. Everything works together seamlessly. It's a cute, quick little romp through the mind of one of the funniest writers in America. Worth every penny in re-watch value.

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