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  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 36 m
Outside Providence

Summary Timothy Dunphy, (aka. "Dunph," "Dildo") has a broken home, a three-legged dog and a full-blown attraction to trouble. After crashing into a parked police car, his father (Baldwin) packs him off to prep school -- where he's out of place, outclassed and seriously outnumbered. Now he's about to show everyone that even he can get a piece o...

Directed By: Michael Corrente

Written By: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Michael Corrente

  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 36 m

Outside Providence

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 30 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Timothy Dunphy, (aka. "Dunph," "Dildo") has a broken home, a three-legged dog and a full-blown attraction to trouble. After crashing into a parked police car, his father (Baldwin) packs him off to prep school -- where he's out of place, outclassed and seriously outnumbered. Now he's about to show everyone that even he can get a piece o...

Directed By: Michael Corrente

Written By: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Michael Corrente

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
62
53% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
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16% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
62
53% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
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16% Negative
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90
Entertaining as it often is, Outside Providence feels as if it were a collection of installments from an unusually raunchy television series.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
80
Baldwin's perfectly impacted performance as a tough-love provider (the actor gets some of the best lines in the movie).
By Paul Malcolm FULL REVIEW

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6.7
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10% Mixed
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6.7
63% Positive
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10% Mixed
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Xlyophone199
May 6, 2021
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Possesses memorable portrayals of thoroughly original characters and draws a beguilingly bleak portrait of its Rhode Island settings.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
63
Peter Farrelly is angry at Miramax for marketing his and his brother Bobby's new film as a follow-up to their surprise smash hit, "There's Something About Mary."
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
58
Outside of a smart performance by Shawn Hatosy as Tim Dunphy, there just isn't much that's enlightening or new in this intimate recollection.
By Paula Nechak FULL REVIEW
42
This unexceptional 1970s coming-of-age story is neither outrageous, new, nor comedic.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
30
A disappointingly rote entry in the '70s teen nostalgia sweepstakes.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Apr 30, 2021
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Apr 23, 2021
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superfrog281
May 8, 2023
This film lacks energy. Was uninterested in it throughout most of the movie. It's not like the actors were "miscast", though, according to the critics. I think they did a decent job playing their characters; I like Alec Baldwin's character the most, due to him calling the teen **** a lot. A very weird reason but I loved that.
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Production Company Miramax, Eagle Beach
Release Date Sep 1, 1999
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
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Tagline Tim's getting a future...whether he likes it or not!
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Awards

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
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