Big Trouble
Seen it?2002 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and middling reviews (48% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Family Plot or The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 25 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
48% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$8 million worldwide on a $40 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 195K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Tim AllenEliot Arnold
- Rene RussoAnna Herk
- Ben FosterMatt Arnold
- Jason LeePuggy
- Stanley TucciArthur Herk
- Dennis FarinaHenry Desalvo
- Zooey DeschanelJenny Herk
- Janeane GarofaloMonica Romero
- Sofía VergaraNina
- Tom SizemoreSnake