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Director:
Barry Levinson
Writer (WGA):
Steve Adams (written by)
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Release Date:
30 April 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Success didn't go to his head, it went to his neighbor. more
Plot:
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(13 articles)
Ben Stiller Bites Fox's Hand For Feeding Him
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Shouting Match: Jack Black Must Be Stopped!
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No Wonder Christopher Walken Plays in This more (165 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ben Stiller ... Tim Dingman

Jack Black ... Nick Vanderpark

Rachel Weisz ... Debbie Dingman

Amy Poehler ... Natalie Vanderpark

Christopher Walken ... J-Man

Ariel Gade ... Lula Dingman

Sam Lerner ... Michael Dingman
Lily Jackson ... Nellie Vanderpark

Connor Matheus ... Nathan Vanderpark
Hector Elias ... Eduardo
Angee Hughes ... Woman at Play
Manny Kleinmuntz ... Dimitriov

Blue Deckert ... Cal
John Gavigan ... Les
Terry Bozeman ... 3M Worker
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and sexual/crude humor.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA | Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Brazil more
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

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Trivia:
The movie having been shot almost two years before it was released in theaters was in danger of being released straight to video due to poor audience response during test screenings. It was only due to The School of Rock (2003)'s huge success that it finally got a theatrical release. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tim first goes into the bar he sits right next to a bright red stool. When J-Man sits next to Tim, there is another stool in between Tim and the red stool. more
Quotes:
Michael Dingman: Boy that flan was good. I wish we had flan.
Tim Dingman: [grimaces, gets up from the bed, pats Michael's arm and whispers to acknowledge Michael] OK.
Michael Dingman: Dad?
Tim Dingman: Yeah?
Michael Dingman: How come we're getting the little itty-bitty pool?
Tim Dingman: Mikey, It's not a little itty-bitty. The square one is the little itty-bitty. We're getting the bean shaped model. Right?
Michael Dingman: A little itty-bitty bean.
Tim Dingman: It's not a little itty-bitty bean. It's an averaged sized bean, Mikey. And I've got news for you, my friend. There are kids in parts of the world who would walk 50 miles through quicksand just so they could stick a toe in your swimming pool. And I've got news for you about beans too...
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Soundtrack:
The Happy Wanderer more

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No Wonder Christopher Walken Plays in This, 22 April 2008
4/10
Author: alexkolokotronis from Queens, New York

This could be looked at in many different ways. This movie sucks, its good or its just plain weird. The third one probably explains this movie best. It has strange themes and just has a strange plot. So who else but Christopher Walken would play in this no matter how bad, average or even how good it might be.

The acting was what you would expect especially out of Ben Stiller. Jack Black I have always liked so you know what you will get out of him but this is not bad. Christopher Walken is always off the wall. He is always enjoyable to watch no matter how bad the movie is. Comedy wise it is somewhat funny. This of course meaning that it does have its moments (though very few) but can get a little over top here and there which makes me feel like the movie is just desperate for laughs but of course not in a good way.

The directing was average as well. Barry Levinson is a slightly overrated director and really did not do a good job here. This movie seemed that it had a lot more potential and he did not do much to reach it. Just very average and did not seem like a lot of effort was put into making this film.

The writing is the key to a good comedy. Obviously that means the writing here failed. At best it is below average. Considering it does have its moments it was not too horrible. That is never a good thing to say about a movie though.

If not for Christopher Walken and it stupid ridiculous ending I would have given it a lower rating. He is always quite a character in his movies. Stil this is just a whacked out strange movie with strange characters that really don't go anywhere. Not completely horrible but I would not really recommend it though because it is a very forgettable movie.

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