Big Trouble (2002)

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:

FBI | Airport | Shot In The Foot | Miami Florida | Vagrant

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

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | 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:

Katie Holmes originally signed on to play Jenny Herk.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the bar scene, the keys are tossed and hit Snake on the right side of his face, however they fall onto the suitcase which is on his left.

Quotes:

[Matt and Andrew are getting prepared for a big water gun war at their friend, Jenny, in her home]
Andrew: So, what's the plan? Through the front?
Matt Arnold: [sarcastically] Yeah. "It's Matt Arnold. I'm here to kill your daughter, Jenny."
[truthfully]
Matt Arnold: No, we gotta go over the wall, dickweed. I just she doesn't see this stupid turdmobile.

Movie Connections:

References Get Shorty (1995)

Soundtrack:

Hard Workin' 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.