Plot
After receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.
Release Year: 2001
Rating: 4.6/10 (25,362 voted)
Critic's Score: 43/100
Director:
Luke Greenfield
Stars: Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley
Storyline From the producers of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow comes The Animal, about a small, wimpy Marvin, who doesn't have what it takes to fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he's critically injured in a car accident and a deranged scientist secretly uses animal organs to rebuild him. Energized by his new parts, Marvin leaves his weakness behind and achieves instant fame as a supercop. Now a hero, life is going great for Marvin until his animal instincts start taking over his body at all the wrong times. Marvin struggles to remain civilized and be a perfect gentleman with his new love, Rianna in a series of hilarious situations that would drive any animal crazy.
Writers: Tom Brady, Tom Brady
Cast: Rob Schneider
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Marvin
Colleen Haskell
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Rianna
John C. McGinley
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Sgt. Sisk
Edward Asner
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Chief Wilson
Michael Caton
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Dr. Wilder
Louis Lombardi
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Fatty
Guy Torry
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Miles
Bob Rubin
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Bob Harris
Pilar Schneider
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Mrs. De La Rosa
Scott Wilson
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Mayor
Raymond Ma
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Mr. Tam
Michael Papajohn
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Patrolman Brady
Ron Roggé
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Patrolman Jaworski
(as Ron Rogge)
Holly Maples
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Elkerton Police Officer
Henriette Mantel
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Elkerton Police Officer
Taglines:
The producing team of 'Big Daddy' has delivered another winner!
Opening Weekend: $19,610,520
(USA)
(3 June 2001)
(2788 Screens)
Gross: $55,762,229
(USA)
(26 August 2001)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
In June, 2001 Newsweek revealed that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including this one and
A Knight's Tale contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist. The fake critic, "David Manning," was actually a friend by the same name in Connecticut who had agreed to let his Columbia ad-marketing friend use his name. Manning was misrepresented as a reviewer for a newspaper in the small Connecticut town of Ridgefield.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The roof of Marvin's car was flattened by the boulder. After the surgery, the roof was only half flattened.
Quotes: Marvin Mange:
Freeze Puke. Put down that VCR. Put it down. Oh you bought it did you?... Oh you have a receipt do you?... My mistake... I'm new on the force.
User Review
Exactly what I expected...
Rating: 7/10
Let me preface by saying I am a fan of Rob Schneider, and of Adam Sandler.
I enjoyed Deuce Bigalow, and all (except for Big Daddy) of Adam Sandler's
movies. So I basically was expecting some (Ok, a lot) of low-brow humor, a
decent plot to keep rolling through, and to laugh throughout the movie.
This movie provided just that. It wasn't the greatest comedy in the world,
or a landmark motion picture, and it wasn't made to be that. Colleen
Haskell's skills at acting reminded me of when they put a "famous" non-actor
on Saturday Night Live, and don't give them too much to do in the skits.
She's only in the movie probably a total of 15 minutes, but does what they
ask of her, and does a decent job of it. The movie is a hoot, and doesn't
actually stoop to every joke being a f**t joke. I laughed about every 3-4
minutes, and enjoyed the ending as well. If you're expecting something
similar to Deuce Bigalow, you won't be disappointed.
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