Excellent adaptation.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Though it's a bit superfluous to add to the other reviews, I hadn't seen nor heard of this film until it came on TV a few weeks back. The cast is superb, the writing so funny my wife and I watched it again...Dennis Farina left us much too soon--and he's perfect in his role as usual. The doofus crooks Tom Sizemore and Johnny Knoxville are also hilarious in their stumblebum roles. I find no fault with this film; I just bought Dave Barry's novel that became "Big Trouble," though the written word won't do justice to the film's cast I'm afraid. It's very odd that such a funny film can come and go without a blip on the horizon. Same for others that turn up on TV that I've never heard of previously. This is definitely one to watch!

This is pretty funny. I can't go into any detail because it's been a while since I've seen it but I can describe it as a fast farce with good performances. The plot has something to do with two imported killers trying to knock off obnoxious Miami resident and debtor Stanley Tucci.The opening scene was ominous though. A Christ-like figure -- bearded, long-haired, and wearing a beatific smile while being haloed by a light behind him -- addressed the camera directly. He introduces the story, says he will now turn over the narration to someone more closely involved with the events, and tells us, "My name is Puggy. I live in a tree." I'm glad the remote was not closer than it was.It's cleverly written and nicely done in an inoffensive way. You'll probably enjoy it if you don't look for some sort of serious message behind the pratfalls and contretemps.

It's sad to think that Barry Sonnenfield's modern day screwball comedy Big Trouble got itself buried in a sea of controversy before it was even released. It was completed right around 9/11, and since certain plot points involve a bomb on a plane, it was understandably delayed a long while, eventually getting a lackluster release that no one seemed to notice. Too bad. It's not groundbreaking in the genre, but it provides a largely varied group of characters, each wildly different so that everyone will find at least one aspect hilarious. It's somewhat hit and miss, with some odd choices, but often it rips along with a 'mad mad mad world' style, go for broke insanity and a bizarrely absurd nature to the narrative. It basically concerns a huge group of people, many of them complete morons, navigating their way around a mysterious package that may be a bomb, tripping over each others asinine actions and getting into crazy madcap chases, confrontations and loopy encounters. Tim Allen plays an ad exec with a midlife crisis, who's immature son (Ben Foster) is engaged in high school shenanigans with Zooey Deschenal. Jason Lee plays Puggy, a hippie who lives in a tree and falls in love with both Fritos and Sofia Vargera, who is a maid for upscale douchebag Stanley Tucci (steals the show as an absolute ponce) and his wife (Rene Russo). Tom Sizemore and Johnny Knoxville play pretty much real life versions of Beevis and Butthead as the world's most clueless ex cons. Bewildered cops Patrick Warburton and Janeane Garofalo try to figure out just what's going on, mob assassins Dennis Farina and Jack Kehler get driven nuts by everyone including Gator fans (those friggin gator fans), and Omar Epps and Heavy D have fun as two cheeky FBI Agents. That's not even the half of it, as the impossibly intricate dodgeball match of a storyline couldn't be understood in one viewing of the film, let alone one review. It's a treasure for me though, with endless exchanges of dialogue that I hold dear with the nostalgia I have for it. The cast also includes work from Andy Richter, Michael McShane, DJ Qualls, Daniel London, and director Sonnenfield as *gasp* a gator fun. It's all in silly fun, a weird but ultimately feel good comedy for the hyperactive and light of heart.

Big Trouble (2002): Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld / Cast: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Jason Lee, Stanley Tucci, Zooey Deschanel: Big mess comedy caper going in too many directions without recovery. A plot is present but its title does it little justice because it doesn't describe the film as a whole. Director Barry Sonnenfeld's worst film since Wild Wild West and that is an accomplishment not to be proud of. Too many characters present an assembly line in shame. Stanley Tucci plays a wealthy husband targeted by hit men because he stole some money. His wife played by Rene Russo is having an affair with Tim Allen. Plot regards briefcase concealing a bomb that travels from various people. Tim Allen as an ad executive is typecast while Russo overacts every bit as bad as she did in Showtime. She is far more talented than this. Jason Lee plays a homeless guy living in a tree and he bears no importance other than to sit in a tree and observe the bullshit. Stanley Tucci is embarrassing as the targeted husband. Zooey Deschanel is featured as Russo's daughter who becomes caught up in this. One could only wish that there was an alternate script for this movie in the briefcase and that he was trying to get it to more confident hands than Sonnenfeld's. Pointless big budget circus act that is more hassle than it is worth. The title clearly describes several careers involved with this film. Score: 2 / 10