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  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Based on the novel by Dave Barry, this is an ensemble comedy about how a bomb in a suitcase changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two teenagers, two hit men, two street thugs, two FBI men, and a psychedelic toad.

Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld

Written By: Dave Barry, Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone

  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m

Big Trouble

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 29 User Ratings
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Summary Based on the novel by Dave Barry, this is an ensemble comedy about how a bomb in a suitcase changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two teenagers, two hit men, two street thugs, two FBI men, and a psychedelic toad.

Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld

Written By: Dave Barry, Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
47
34% Positive
11 Reviews
44% Mixed
14 Reviews
22% Negative
7 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 32 Critic Reviews
47
34% Positive
11 Reviews
44% Mixed
14 Reviews
22% Negative
7 Reviews

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80
This is, after all, the kind of movie in which traffic accidents not only mess up getaways but also liberate goats to wander through the airport. We need more of that stuff.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
75
Timing is key in a comedy like this, and Sonnenfeld keeps everyone and everything clicking. The pacing is swift and the laughs are steady.
By Connie Ogle FULL REVIEW
63
It's the kind of movie you can't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch, yet you can't bring yourself to dislike it.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
Such a feebleminded, good-natured comedy that it actually makes you laugh with that timeless gag of somebody pretending to cough while calling someone else a bad name.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
It seems naive, almost delusional.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
30
It's not the bomb on the plane that scuttles this film: It's the mugging, ham-fisted direction and total absence of comic timing.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
20
Lazy, infinitely silly cartoon.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 29 User Ratings
8.5
79% Positive
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10% Mixed
3 Ratings
10% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 29 User Ratings
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79% Positive
23 Ratings
10% Mixed
3 Ratings
10% Negative
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, The Jacobson Company, Sonnenfeld Josephson Worldwide Entertainment, Sundale Productions Inc.
Release Date Apr 5, 2002
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating PG-13
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