Movie Information
Overall Rank: 6132
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 82
Theatrical Release Date: 03/09/1994
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Demme
Actors: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Raymond J. Barry, Christine Baranski, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Plot: A hilariously dysfunctional family is taken hostage by a burglar. -- sapien
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Rating of
2.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/08/2012
An early role for Kevin Sacey as he and his wife are held hostage in their middle class suburban home by cynical crook Dennis Leary and inevitable life lessons ensue. Some of the sniping and bickering is pretty funny, as is the increasingly exasperated Leary. Makes a nice change from the usual saccharine-soaked christmas mush.
Rating of
3/4
Unknown - wrote on 12/19/2011
A very funny, slightly dark comedy that plays off of dysfunctional family situations quite well. All three of the main players are equally good.
Rating of
3/4
Alaine - wrote on 12/13/2011
Crook takes hostages and gets taken hostage (so to speak). Screwed-up family has a crook as the at-first-reluctant referee in their battles and scrimmages, which continue during their time as hostages. Cops are closing in on the crook. Will his interventions bring the family together? Will he escape and leave the hostages unharmed? Will the Stockholm Syndrome rule? Denis Leary raw.
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