Giving big businesses a run for their money!
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it – but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
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Classical in form, comic, effortless and unpretentious.
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- Renoon TMDB · Oct 20167/10
**A guide on how to get through during unemployment.** I thought I have seen almost all the films of Jim Carrey, but then I found that's not true, so I decided to start with this. This is a remake of the 70s film or you could say the second screen adaptation of the novel of the same name. I haven't seen the other version, but I must admit that I enjoyed it thoroughly. This is not the greatest comedy I have ever seen, but still so good with great performances, particularly Jim Carrey's. A simple storyline, a couple loses their jobs and they find hard to get another. They begin to lose one by one, everything that belongs to them and finally the house is the last thing they want to lose. So they plan to do something very serious thing to tackle their situation and seems its working out so well, but for how long. Then comes their masterplan to the permanent solution and how they accomplish it is what leads to the conclusion. The film was so fast, feels too short or like a TV episode. That means makes us to feel to have more, but it ends very nice way. The story might feel silly, but the comedies are so good. And if you like Jim Carrey and his trademark jokes, then you would have a grea
Read the whole review on TMDB - Andre Gonzaleson TMDB · May 20236/10
Interesting movie. It's a shame that there's lives got ruined. This what they resorted to. Different type of roll to see Jim Carey in.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyDick Harper
- Téa LeoniJane Harper
- Alec BaldwinJack McCallister
- Richard JenkinsFrank Bascombe
- John Michael HigginsGarth
- Angie HarmonVeronica Cleeman
- Richard BurgiJoe Cleeman
- Carlos JacottOz Peterson
- Aaron Michael DrozinBilly Harper
- Gloria GarayuaBlanca
Crew
- Dean ParisotDirector
- Nicholas StollerScreenplay
- Judd ApatowScreenplay
- Jerzy ZielińskiDirector of Photography
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- Don ZimmermanEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Jim CarreyProducer
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