Big Trouble (DVD, 2002)

This is a funny madcap story that the author Dave Barry wrote himself into the fantasy.

PLOT: Good dad down on his luck helps save Miami from a nuke, winning the pretty lady and the respect of his smart ass teenage son while bumping into the Russian mafia, a homeless guy who lives in a treehouse, a pair a NY hit men, their target a guy stealing from the Miami mob, FBI agents, 2 idiot criminals (1 is played by the guy from Jackass), Martha Stewart, a drunk security guard, a sexy Rene Russo, a crate of goats, and a Miami Police man who likes to be naked in public.

This movie has so many funny moments and if you're from Miami, you'd understand that every one of them is possible! When the NY hit men try to leave Miami they drop their golf bag with clubs and a rifle right in from a Miami Police officer. The Hit man sweating tells the officer "I play with a guy that cheats".

The Good Dad has a meaningful conversation with his son where the boy gripes about all that is wrong with his dad. Then the Dad says "All Right, it's my turn now, Up yours you little ---- Head!".

Two thumbs up!

I laughed the entire time.

If you like "silly" "B-type" comedies, this is the one for you!!

The whole movie is great!

Get a bowl of popcorn & enjoy!

I love this money. Funny, funny, funny. The casting was perfect. I'm not usually a Tim Allen fan, but I loved him in this. This movie is based on the Dave Barry book. (I think, anyway, he used to write for the Miami Herald and has written a lot of funny stuff.)

Christmas present for my brother. He loves this movie. A very funny movie which also includes a great cast.

Whan awesome movie. i loved it. its absolutely hilarious. i ending up buying it and i show it to my friends everytime i encounter one that hasnt experienced big trouble. tim allen does an absolute bangup job as Eliot. and the rest of the cast fills in with a superb job as well, specially Janeane Garofalo.

This movie does justice to the story written by Dave Barry, America's premier humorist. I loved watching it and knew I would need a copy for my collection of favorites.

product was as advertised and arrived in a reasonable time. I love this movie and my previous copy had been damaged.

This is one of my favorite films,I never tire of watching it.
It seems like I enjoy it more each time it's veiwed.
It always kinda' makes my day. I really like watching this film with others,
as we all feed off each others enjoyment during and after it's ending.

I bought it because it was good enough to watch over and over. Just don't leave the room and leave it running. You will wonder what everyone else is laughing at because you missed the buildup.

This movie is funny from start to finish. The cast does a great job and is convincing to the audience. The plot has many twists & turns butt each time the cast makes it believable & the silliness occurs. The story is quick paced & quick witted. The laughs never stop, they just keep coming. The movie is able to capture the hi jinx that made the book a best seller & translate it to film which does not happen everyday. Some may not have seen this movie & if so, are in for a treat as it is very funny.

worth watching, very funny. lots of actors play roles in this movie. definitely one of the better films for a comedy with tim allen.

Really fun movie. Lot's of laughs. I can't stand Martha Stewart and there is some really great parody on her in this movie.

Big Trouble is a fun movie, great to see Tim Allen in something not tool related. My two sons and I still quote lines out of this, even though it's been years since we saw the movie. Every time we go to an airport, one of us says "Okay, we're arriving at the airport but we will be departing. Which ramp do we take." and "Was that a goat?". If you like light comedies, you will like Big Trouble.

This movie is one of our family's favorites. Our first copy we purchased used from a video rental place several years ago. This copy was worn out and I purchased two more to replace. The long list of characters and one liners make this movie an instant classic. We use the quotes as part of our everyday language - allowing for the humor to permeate our daily lives. Many of the actors were unknowns at the time, but have developed into stars in their own right.

This is a very good movie. If you want to laugh, this is chock full of one-liners and funny situations. Saw enough to want to buy it.

Completely appropriate for teens and up - not JUST for teenagers.

This is the kind of movie to watch again and again. The dialog between the characters is packed with quotable lines. As is appropriate for a screwball comedy, the crooks are dumb, but they can function as such because a few of the other characters are equally dense. The conflict between two of the intelligent characters (Tim Allen and his teenage son who thinks he's hopelessly out-of-it), is enjoyable, and is well-contrasted with the relationship between the teenage girl and her mother.

A very nice, mindless, slapstick comedy that provides ninety minutes of laughs if you are in the mood for that sort of thing. Quirky and twisting plotline that's funny without resorting to toilet-humor, explicit sex, or gross-humor. (Yes, there is some off-color-humor and implied-sex, but not a lot. It's definitely still suitable for youngish adolescent viewers.) Not a "deep" movie, but provides lots of cheap laughs. Extras in the movie include a "movie in 5 minutes" summary, that does indeed capture the entire plot... (I told you it wasn't deep.)

Summary:
This is a nice funny movie for people who don't take their movies too seriously. A single dad on a losing streak becomes involved in an insane series of encounters and coincicences that result in him redeeming himself in the eyes of his son. Includes a couple of truly inept bad-guys, and another couple of pretty competent assasins that are having a very, very bad day. Also includes a hallucinogenic toad, illegal weapons dealers, corn chips, goats, Puggy, a garbage disposal, and a small nuclear explosion... Great deadpan performances by Ben Foster and Zooey Deschanel. One of Tim Allen's funniest roles, with a very large and talented supporting cast, all misbehaving in a half-dozen insane subplots. (Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Janeane Garofalo, and Patric Warburton to name a few of my favorites.)

Two thumbs up... It's a cheap-laugh comedy that has enough unexpected twists to keep you watching. Most movies in this genre are so dumb that you regret having watched them. This is not the case with Big Trouble, it's clever and interesting, and was never stupid enough to force me to walk out of the room even once.

I love this movie, it's a laugh a minute. The disc has no extras, and it's full screen, instead of wide screen, but it's funny enough that I don't mind.

one of the best comidies around, this is a non stop laugh fest with lots of stars you will recognize. you will not be disappointed

BIG TROUBLE, based on a Dave Barry story, is a screwball comedy for the 21st century. It manages to combine physical "slapstick" comedy with often subtly humorous dialogue.

Although there are about a bazillion characters in this film, about a dozen running gags, and at least five little subplots, somehow it's possible to keep track of them all. (Tim Allen's voiceovers at various points in the film are a big help).

I think my favorite aspect of the film is the absolutely deadpan way in which some of the funniest lines are delivered. This is some great Dave Barry humor, and I am not making this up. If BIG TROUBLE doesn't tickle your funny bone on at least one level, please get someone to check your pulse for you.

One final note: if you either love or loathe Martha Stewart, you'll get a special kick out of this film.