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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780627840
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780627849
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 42257
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1996
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
In his debut effort, director/writer Steven Baigleman put together an interesting premise and collected a talented cast to execute it. Unfortunately, he never sets the tone, so we are caught between a wildly black comedy and an emotionally brutal drama. A firmer footing in either genre would have better defined our reactions to it. Keanu Reeves plays Jjaks, a man so badly trod upon by fate that his very name is the result of a typo. He arrives back at his mother's house in a lower working-class Minnesota neighborhood to witness the marriage of his older brother (Vincent D'Onofrio) to an obviously reluctant bride (Cameron Diaz). By the time Jjaks is on his way, he's stolen a car, a dog, and his brother's wife. You have to give Baigleman credit for serving up intriguing characters. Unfortunately, he spins the story in circles instead of moving it along. Reeves and Diaz attempt to leave Minnesota, but never quite make it. Reeves repeatedly returns to a boyhood home he hates, always stumbling into his brother's angry clutches. What does work are the performances. Diaz is both sad and strong as the tough cookie who happens to be the smartest character in the movie. D'Onofrio's stupid nastiness is offset by his crushing love for her and an uncontrollable jealousy of Jjaks. Most surprising is Reeves, who makes us feel for his angry, unhappy loser by revealing flashes of decency under a toughened exterior. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - For the love of Pete...
I suppose everyone is entitled to a "snafu" and this is certainly the gaffe-of-the-year for Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz.
Where to begin: This movie was tedious. And did I mention tedious? I would rather visit the dentist than sit through it again. I haven't felt this bad since "Bedtime For Bonzo."
The plot: Who knows? Who cares?
Generally, it's nice to have a protagonist to root for. There are times, of course, when the characters are gray and I can accept ... Read More
Rating:  - Definately not one of her best....
This is definately not one of Cameron Diaz's best. In my opinion she ends up being a traitor in this movie. This is not a role that Cameron would normally play. Don't get me wrong, her acting is great as well as Vincent's and Keanu's. I think Keanu was the best one in this movie however. This is about a woman forced to get married...against her will. Then her knight and shining armor comes in, or so you think. Until things go totally awry. Things go a totally different way than what you expect them ... Read More
Rating: - Whoooah!!
This is truly one of the worse movies ever made. I found it in the comedy section of my video store and I expected a movie like Raising Arizona - something cute and enjoyable.
After I saw the first scenes with Cameron Diaz being roughed up in the back of the car I thought this will be a great movie (a sleeper) or this will be the worst movie ever made - not sure which - so I decided to see the rest of it. Since I had never heard of it before I expected the latter. I was right!
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Rating: - Twists and Turns
It starts off a little slow but about 3/4 of the way through it gets really interesting.
Good preformances.. but who taught Cameron Diaz how to drink a beer?
Rating:  - A tale of transformation.
This is a remarkable movie, not only in it's unusual and very funny way of making the points that it does, but in that it is written from a point of view that is almost never seen from the all-too-privileged aristocracy to which most of the movie industry's writers and directors belong. This movie is almost painfully insightful into the mental state of hopelessness which traps people into sordid lives, particularly those who are raised in that sort of life and have never experienced anything else. ... Read More
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