5.5 Score

2002 • 1h 25min • PG-13 • Mystery, Action, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Big Trouble

"They have forty-five minutes to save the world. They need forty-six."

The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."

IMDb 6.4

RT 48%

MC 47

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers

Robert Ramsey

Dave Barry

Matthew Stone

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Tim Allen

Eliot Arnold

Rene Russo

Anna Herk

Ben Foster

Matt Arnold

Jason Lee

Puggy

Stanley Tucci

Arthur Herk

Dennis Farina

Henry Desalvo

Zooey Deschanel

Jenny Herk

Janeane Garofalo

Monica Romero

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Ben Foster Matt Arnold

Jason Lee Puggy

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Dennis Farina Henry Desalvo

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Janeane Garofalo Monica Romero

Sofía Vergara Nina

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