Ben's dad, Sam, shows up one night with a note that Ben's mother has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that is for ... Read allBen's dad, Sam, shows up one night with a note that Ben's mother has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that is for sale.Ben's dad, Sam, shows up one night with a note that Ben's mother has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that is for sale.
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- 4 wins & 3 nominations
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- TriviaThe movie's poster is a parody of the Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) poster.
- GoofsWhen the son and father are driving down the road, the red car behind them disappears then reappears. After a few shots the red car finally passes them.
- Quotes
[Two young girls walk by. Sam keeps staring after them, finally points at them]
Sam Kleinman: Explain that to me.
Ben Kleinman: What?
Sam Kleinman: The holes in those jeans...
Ben Kleinman: Uh-uh.
Sam Kleinman: They're on purpose?
Ben Kleinman: That's right.
Sam Kleinman: It's not because she's poor, and can only afford ripped clothes?
Ben Kleinman: That's correct, sir.
Sam Kleinman: [takes this in] And she doesn't mind that we can see her ass peeking out like that?
Ben Kleinman: No, she does not. In fact, I think she would be insulted if you didn't look.
Sam Kleinman: The last thing I wanna do is insult her.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #14.30 (2006)
- SoundtracksUntil We Meet Again
(uncredited)
Written & by Joe Lervold
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource
The movie overall was OK, but just in the most general sense. The plot line started out interesting but fizzled badly in the end. No real strength to the whole story. Paul Reiser did not do his best work here either. I don't think any of the actors really meshed with each other. Instead of telling a story, they kept kind of acting "at" each other. There was a woodenness about the whole effect. Even the great Olympia Dukakis could not get into her character's groove. And you only saw her for about ten minutes at the very end. But it's the worst acting I've ever seen from her, ever. Which isn't saying much, I know, because she is otherwise a fabulous actress. Let's just say her acting in this probably embarrassed all her acting coaches. It was not good.
Elisabeth Perkins was pretty, as usual, but completely lacked character or depth. The few witty lines she was given somehow just didn't make the cut either. They all fell kind of flat. You somehow knew they were meant to be funny, but just couldn't see the actual funny part for yourself.
All in all, a pretty ho-hum little movie that I would never take the time to watch again.
- szokia
- Nov 5, 2009
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- Bizimkiler Hakkında
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $816,403
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $235,341
- Sep 18, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $823,337
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1