Plot
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 5.6/10 (2,637 voted)
Critic's Score: 21/100
Director:
Tim Allen
Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Storyline A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Writers: Judd Pillot, John Peaslee
Cast: Tim Allen
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Tommy
Sigourney Weaver
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Viki
Ray Liotta
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Gray
J.K. Simmons
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Ed
Julie Bowen
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Christy
Kelsey Grammer
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Frank
Jeanne Tripplehorn
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Angela Papadopolous
Helen Slayton-Hughes
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Grandma
Kenton Duty
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Ethan Papadopolous
Daniel Booko
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Cooper Luboja
Karle Warren
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Alex Luboja
Robert Baker
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Lance
Casey Sander
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Prison Guard
Jon Gries
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Edgar
Malcolm Goodwin
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Rick
Taglines:
He survived three years of hard time. Now comes a little family time.
Opening Weekend: $64,438
(USA)
(10 January 2010)
(75 Screens)
Gross: $64,438
(USA)
(10 January 2010)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Tim Allen's character is getting his mugshot, it shows him as being well over 6' tall (with the measurement wall behind him). Tim is actually 5'9".
Goofs:
Factual errors:
Since Tommy was already convicted and had served 36-months in a Federal prison, he would be released on parole, not probation. He would report to a Parole Agent not a Probation Officer. Parole is an early release program whereas probation is a diversionary program.
User Review
It means well, has potential, but...
Rating: 4/10
Tim Allen's directorial debut is very hit and miss...sadly, mostly
miss. The movie needs a lot of editing and a completely different third
act.
The film starts as an offbeat comedy...and even though there are no
hardy belly laughs, there are a number of clever ideas and lines (many
delivered by the under-appreciated JK Simmons). But with an all-star
comic cast, you would think there would be more, ahem...comedy. Halfway
through the film becomes more of a family drama. The humor totally
disappears and the quirky oddball characters become normal. The third
act is very cliché, generic and melodramatic. But all the performers
give it their best---even players like Ray Liotta and Kelsey Grammar
are playing parts that could have been done by anyone. And the film's
one running gag is actually funny for a while, but it goes nowhere
after the 100th mention.
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