Big Trouble: Critic Reviews

One funny movie.

The way the roundelay of partners functions, and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of Gator-bashing are consistently delightful.

Makes for distinctly uneasy viewing, as Big Trouble's massive subtext repeatedly threatens to overwhelm its haphazardly stylized diegesis.

Mostly ... Sonnenfeld mishandles the broad part of the comedic formula, preferring repetition to thematic development.

In this clumsy attempt to merge farce with satire, the jokes repeatedly miss the mark.

Like an overloaded aircraft at that security-challenged airport, Big Trouble moves forward in fits and starts but never manages to achieve sufficient momentum for a smooth, satisfying liftoff.

I don't think I laughed out loud once. And when you're talking about a slapstick comedy, that's a pretty big problem.

I laughed. I didn't respect myself, or the movie, one bit after that.

Sharp, funny movie for high schoolers and up.

Faithful to the events in Barry's novel, lifts a good deal of his witty dialogue, and recruits a proven cast of laugh-winners. Why, then, is it so resolutely unfunny?

The worst thing someone could say about "Big Trouble" is that it's too much like "Get Shorty," which is one of the best reasons to go see the film

Sprawling comedy has a few laughs in it -- and the specter of recent events hanging over it.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld unites an incredibly unique and charismatic ensemble cast for this witty adaptation of Dave Barry's 1998 novel.

...a highly enjoyable romp that is as multi-faceted as it is tightly constructed.

Big Trouble is one of those great big silly capers that fails at juggling its dark humor while feeling cutesy in its ability to dance around the plot contrivances...derivative, offensive, stylish and smirky crime caper.

Tim Allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast, as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy.

It's a good thing Tim Allen has Santa Claus to fall back on because any more pictures like this one and he'd be in BIG trouble.

Huffs like a bus headed uphill while Mr. Sonnenfeld and company shovel on weirdness and hope for the best.

...Big Trouble is...one of the more enjoyable comedies to emerge in a good long while.

the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality

Nothing in Big Trouble occurs for any reason other than to appease director Barry Sonnenfeld's yen for randomly orchestrated cuteness.

Funny, fast paced and overall well done

It?s fun, but the book is far, far better.

Take a friend (invisible or real) to see this one... it's laugh out loud funny

Jason Lee looks almost beatific as the shaggy, homeless Puggy. This movie is just as hilarious as Dave Barry's quirky book.