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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry "kidnaps" her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and ...

Directed By: Charles Robert Carner

Written By: Alan C. Blomquist, Charles Robert Carner

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 39 m

Witless Protection

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 6 Critic Reviews
17
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry "kidnaps" her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and ...

Directed By: Charles Robert Carner

Written By: Alan C. Blomquist, Charles Robert Carner

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Mixed
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40
The slapstick and action set pieces are lame, and its performances range from competent to annoying.
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Still, it’s hard to despise the movie, especially when Peter Stormare shows up over-enunciating the most brilliantly awful English accent of all time.
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If you need a GPS unit to find your own backside, you'll be laughing uproariously at Witless Protection, a movie that's far more interesting politically than dramatically -- or, God knows, comically.
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At least a fright-wigged Joe Mantegna, delivering an execrable cameo as a whacked-out doctor, has a good excuse for his presence; the writer-director is one of his former film students.
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It's mostly harmless dum-dum stuff, though.
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Larry The Cable Guy is a cancerous boil on the ass of comedy, but it's still sort of shocking how little effort he puts into his movies.
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Production Company Parallel Entertainment Pictures, Parallel Entertainment
Release Date Feb 22, 2008
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Protecting America's assets.
Website http://www.witlessprotectionmovie.com/
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Awards

Razzie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination

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