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  • Big Trouble
  • Opened April 5, 2002 | Runtime:1 hr. 24 min.
  • PG-13
    sex-related material, language and crude humor
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • A mysterious suitcase brings together a single father (Tim Allen), an unhappy housewife (Rene Russo), hit men, street thugs and the FBI.
  • Cast: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville
  • Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Genres: Crime Comedy, Comedy, Crime, Ensemble Film

Big Trouble Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    This is, after all, the kind of movie in which traffic accidents not only mess...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Zigging and zagging serenely between the extremes of deadpan, postmodern comedy...

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    There are stretches of big fun in Big Trouble, and little pleasures too.

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The script is consistently humorous, even if a few punch lines are predictable...

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