Osmosis Jones (2001)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly

Writer (WGA):

Marc Hyman (written by)

Release Date:

10 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

He's one cell of a guy.

Plot:

A policeman white blood cell, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.

Plot Keywords:

Body | Blood | Egg | Virus | Zoo

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Chris Rock	...	Osmosis Jones (voice)
Laurence Fishburne	...	Thrax (voice)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Drix (voice)
Brandy Norwood	...	Leah (voice)
William Shatner	...	Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
Ron Howard	...	Tom Colonic (voice)
Kid Rock	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Kenny Olson	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Jason Krause	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Joe C.	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Stefanie Eulinberg	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Jimmie Bones	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Uncle Kracker	...	Kidney Rock (voice)
Jonathan Adams	...	Additional Character Voice (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Additional Character Voice (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG for bodily humor. (Re-rated from PG-13)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | USA:PG-13 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frank's daughter decides not to go to Buffalo with him, we see the ticker above his door showing the scores of various sports games. The item "Seattle: 5 Oakland: 4" scrolls onto the screen in two consecutive shots.

Quotes:

Latino germ: La Muerte, man! Esta aqui! He's gonna kill us dead, hombre!
Osmosis: No, no. Talk English, man. We ain't on Telemundo here.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'Osmosis Jones' (#8.10)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Turn It Out

Very inventive!

Okay, I think I've found the Sadly Underrated Movie of the Year.

I think that, between this and "the Iron Giant", Warner Brothers Animation has GOT to spring for a better promotion department. Really, all they'd have to say is something like: "We just let the creators of 'Something About Mary' and 'Dumb and Dumber' make their own cartoon. Brace yourselves."

All complaints aside, and none of them are really the movie's fault, this is one of the most inventive animated films I've seen in a very long time. The characters and backgrounds are allowed to look and move in ways that are downright refreshingly bizarre. The visuals are very imaginative. The humor, while funny, is still very much what you'd expect from a Farelly Brothers movie that takes place inside a very sick man, so I wouldn't recommend it to little kids or the weak of stomach. If you have a little future A+P major, however, this is going to blow their mind. Give it a look!