Crazy on the Outside
January 8, 2010Plot
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 5.6/10 (2,637 voted)
Critic's Score: 21/100
Director:
Tim Allen
Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Storyline
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
Writers: Judd Pillot, John Peaslee
Cast:
Tim Allen
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Tommy
Sigourney Weaver
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Viki
Ray Liotta
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Gray
J.K. Simmons
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Ed
Julie Bowen
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Christy
Kelsey Grammer
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Frank
Jeanne Tripplehorn
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Angela Papadopolous
Helen Slayton-Hughes
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Grandma
Kenton Duty
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Ethan Papadopolous
Daniel Booko
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Cooper Luboja
Karle Warren
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Alex Luboja
Robert Baker
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Lance
Casey Sander
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Prison Guard
Jon Gries
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Edgar
Malcolm Goodwin
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Rick
Taglines:
He survived three years of hard time. Now comes a little family time.
Details
Official Website:
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Release Date: 8 January 2010
Opening Weekend: $64,438
(USA)
(10 January 2010)
(75 Screens)
Gross: $64,438
(USA)
(10 January 2010)
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USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Tim Allen's character is getting his mugshot, it shows him as being well over 6' tall (with the measurement wall behind him). Tim is actually 5'9".
Goofs:
Factual errors:
Since Tommy was already convicted and had served 36-months in a Federal prison, he would be released on parole, not probation. He would report to a Parole Agent not a Probation Officer. Parole is an early release program whereas probation is a diversionary program.
User Review
It means well, has potential, but…
Rating: 4/10
Tim Allen's directorial debut is very hit and miss…sadly, mostly
miss. The movie needs a lot of editing and a completely different third
act.
The film starts as an offbeat comedy…and even though there are no
hardy belly laughs, there are a number of clever ideas and lines (many
delivered by the under-appreciated JK Simmons). But with an all-star
comic cast, you would think there would be more, ahem…comedy. Halfway
through the film becomes more of a family drama. The humor totally
disappears and the quirky oddball characters become normal. The third
act is very cliché, generic and melodramatic. But all the performers
give it their best—even players like Ray Liotta and Kelsey Grammar
are playing parts that could have been done by anyone. And the film's
one running gag is actually funny for a while, but it goes nowhere
after the 100th mention.