A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.
William Rosenfeld
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- TriviaJon Polito took the role of Agent Hymes because he felt that the script was "one of the sickest I'd ever read".
- GoofsGus' American accent changes throughout the film.
- Crazy creditsAt the closing titles, just as the words "No animals and no actors were harmed during the making of this film" are displayed, the credits quickly cut to an outtake in which Simon Pegg accidentally punches Billy Asher in the face. The crew rush in to make sure that Asher is not hurt. When the credits return, the words are changed to "No animals were harmed during the making of this film".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #11.11 (2006)
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Funniest film I've seen in a LONG time...
As a huge fan of the likes of Tarrantino, Fincher, and the Coen brothers, I'm betting that the skewed nature of the comedy is not going to be for everyone, but if you like your movies heavy on the WTF quotient, this one's for you.
I saw it at the Cardiff Film Festival last week, and the audience couldn't get enough of it. Really a fun "laughing your arse off" kind of a time. The twists, surprises, and laughs build and build to an ending which I won't give away but was not at all what I expected. Pegg and Schwimmer are a crack comedy duo, but the addition of Eve to the antics ups the ante nicely. It loses a star for taking a bit longer to get going than I would have liked, but I'm not quite sure how I would have cracked that particular nut.
All in all, this film's got more energy sparking off it than anything that's come down the pipe in quite a while. Will be seeing it again this weekend with my mates. GO BIG NOTHING!
I saw it at the Cardiff Film Festival last week, and the audience couldn't get enough of it. Really a fun "laughing your arse off" kind of a time. The twists, surprises, and laughs build and build to an ending which I won't give away but was not at all what I expected. Pegg and Schwimmer are a crack comedy duo, but the addition of Eve to the antics ups the ante nicely. It loses a star for taking a bit longer to get going than I would have liked, but I'm not quite sure how I would have cracked that particular nut.
All in all, this film's got more energy sparking off it than anything that's come down the pipe in quite a while. Will be seeing it again this weekend with my mates. GO BIG NOTHING!
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- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $662,081
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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