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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Paul Bernbaum (written by)
Release Date:
30 May 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
Put a gang of orphans, their bumbling benefactor, and a greedy developer together - and plan for hilarity.
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(2 articles)
Jade Goody's Family Plan Her Funeral
(From PEOPLE.com. 23 March 2009, 4:45 AM, PDT)
Angelina Jolie: We Do Have a Family Plan
(From PEOPLE.com. 17 October 2008, 3:35 AM, PDT)
(From PEOPLE.com. 23 March 2009, 4:45 AM, PDT)
Angelina Jolie: We Do Have a Family Plan
(From PEOPLE.com. 17 October 2008, 3:35 AM, PDT)
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Pretty good family movie!
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Leslie Nielsen | ... | Harry Haber |
 | Judge Reinhold | ... | Jeffrey Chase |
 | Eddie Bowz | ... | Matt Nolan |
 | Emily Procter | ... | Julie Rubins |
| Zachary Browne | ... | Eli Mackenzie |
| Trevor Morgan | ... | Alec Mackenzie |
| Tony Rosato | ... | Cliff Haber |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Saul Rubins |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Marnie Bernbaum | ... | Adorable Girl on Horse |
 | Joely Fisher | ... | Lauren Osborne |
 | Nicholas Glaeser | ... | Sandy |
| Karen Grosso | ... | Kathleen |
 | William Killian | ... | Rabbi Tannenbaum |
| Kristy Munden | ... | Mrs. Lachman |
 | Kevin Nash | ... | Jackhammer Worker |
| Jan O'Dell | ... | Anne Rubins |
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Rated PG for suggestive pranks and mild language.
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Runtime:
95 min | Argentina:102 min
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL (video premiere) |
Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) |
Singapore:PG |
UK:PG (video premiere) |
USA:PG |
Spain:T |
Argentina:Atp
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Harry Haber:
Alec, shut these windows.
Alec Mackenzie: Alright Mr. Haber, just as soon as I shut these windows!
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Alec Mackenzie: Alright Mr. Haber, just as soon as I shut these windows!
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Follows Rent-a-Kid (1995) (TV)
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Planted Page
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Alright, I'm going to give this a 10 out of 10, just to counter some of the ridiculous reviews that this movie got on IMDb. It looks like some people saw this movie with the wrong expectations, really. If you expect something like Naked Gun or Airplane (which are great Nielsen-movies too, by the way), sure, you'll be disappointed. Cause the joke-density isn't nearly as high, all jokes are PG-rated and thus less appealing to the more mature audience and Nielsen's character sometimes even seems to know what he's talking about rather than acting like a complete clown.
But that's because Family Plan is a whole different movie! It's a family movie, not one of those slapstick that we all know Nielsen from! And sure, I know movies in this genre aren't popular with the 'serieus film critics', but I enjoyed it! I really did! The whole cast is showing a lot of enthusiasm and Trevor Morgan and Zachary Browne are doing a great job at portraying two mischievous kids who still have their hearts in the right place.
Family Plan is really a movie that you can just watch with a smile on your face the whole time, rather than being buried under an avalanche of jokes. I like the fact that it never goes slapstick and that there's enough space for the touching story of two boys looking for a home. So what that the story isn't that original, and that it's not Nielsen's best work. I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end, and that's what you should judge a movie on!