"There are a lot of broad comedies about men refusing to grow up, but few have the sly bite of You, Me and Dupree. Even though Carl (Matt Dillon, Crash, There's Something About Mary) is newly married to Molly (Kate Hudson, Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), when his best friend Dupree (Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers, The Life Aquatic) ends up homeless, Carl invites Dupree into their house--in which Dupree promptly makes himself ..."
"Daddy's little girls are all grown up but they ve also grown apart. Niki (Brooke Langton, Swingers) is the star of a TV show in LA; Chrissy (writer-director Vanessa Parise) runs a high-poweredcompany on Wall Street; Toni (Monet Mazur, Blow) is a free-spirited singer who brings her girlfriend (Alyssa Milano, Charmed ) home to get attention. Danni (Amanda Detmer, Saving Silverman) is the only one who stayed close to their parents, and no ..."
"Pitting kids against grown-ups has always been a reliable source of comedy, and Big Fat Liar indulges the "smart kid vs. dumb adult" fantasy with infectious enthusiasm. In this case it's Frankie Muniz from TV's Malcolm in the Middle, playing a Michigan eighth-grader whose penchant for lying results in parental scorn when he claims that a Hollywood movie mogul (ace character actor Paul Giamatti) has stolen the kid's hastily written Engli ..."
"Pitting kids against grown-ups has always been a reliable source of comedy, and \"Big Fat Liar\" indulges the \"smart kid vs. dumb adult\" fantasy with infectious enthusiasm. In this case it's Frankie Muniz from TV's \"Malcolm in the Middle\", playing a Michigan eighth-grader whose penchant for lying results in parental scorn when he claims that a Hollywood movie mogul (ace character actor Paul Giamatti) has stolen the kid's hastily wri ..."
"Hilarity abounds when Jack Black and Steve Zahn learn their pal and bandmate Jason Biggs is about to get hitched to bitchy psychiatrist Amanda Peet. In order the stop the marriage plans, Black and Zahn plot to kidnap Peet, then have Biggs reacquaint himself with old flame Amanda Detmer, who's about to become a nun. But when this scheme goes awry, they count on their idol--the one and only Neil Diamond--to help them out. R. Lee Ermey als ..."
"2 Best Friends + 1 Girlfriend = WAR! Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs), Wayne Lefessier (Steve Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Jack Black) have been best friends since the fifth grade. Enter Judith (Amanda Peet), a cold-hearted beauty who digs her claws into sweet-natured Darren. She snatches him from his friends and even breaks up their cover band. J.D. and Wayne try every imaginable scheme to save Darren- and their friendship - but fail miserab ..."
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide The Modern Era, Previously Published as Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide by Leonard Maltin 1,648 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-525-53631-4, ISBN: 0-525-53631-0