Big Trouble
They have forty-five minutes to save the world. They need forty-six.
They have forty-five minutes to save the world. They need forty-six.
Comedy, Crime
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2002
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The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
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Details
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
5 Apr 2002
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$40,000,000
Revenue:
$8,493,890
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
In this clumsy attempt to merge farce with satire, the jokes repeatedly miss the mark.
– Jeff Strickler,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
6 Nov 2002
rotten:
Mostly ... Sonnenfeld mishandles the broad part of the comedic formula, preferring repetition to thematic development.
– Robert K. Elder,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
Because the tone is so light, so genial and eager to please, the whole enterprise seems the opposite of prescient. It seems naive, almost delusional.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Apr 2002
rotten:
Makes for distinctly uneasy viewing, as Big Trouble's massive subtext repeatedly threatens to overwhelm its haphazardly stylized diegesis.
– Nick Rutigliano,
Village Voice,
9 Apr 2002
rotten:
... Big Trouble produces only a very few small chuckles.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
8 Apr 2002