
“Their intentions were honorable. Their methods were criminal.”
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Release Date: 9/13/2002
Runtime: 85 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Bruce McCulloch
Budget: $25.0M
Revenue: $14.3M
Companies: Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment
Countries: United States of America
Kamurai
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. Jason Lee is consistently good, but his roles / movies seem to have the same vibe to them, and if you like those vibes like I do, you're usually pleased. This absurdity comedy is helped along rather well by Tom Green, and Leslie Mann as an excellent straight man with Dennis Farina being a very natural big bad guy. The concept alone, having to get $30K to help someone to get into Harvard is boundless, let alone the series of hair-brained scheme route. It's not "Ocean's Eleven", but it's funny.

Jason Lee
John Plummer

Tom Green
Walter P. 'Duff' Duffy

Leslie Mann
Elaine Warner

Megan Mullally
Patty Plummer

Dennis Farina
Mr. Warner

Tammy Blanchard
Noreen Plummer

Richard Jenkins
Honorable Judge Emmett Cook

Chris Penn
David Loach

John C. McGinley
Detective Charles

Seymour Cassel
Uncle Jack

Don Wilson
Loach's Friend

Martin Starr
Liquor Store Clerk

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