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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236122456
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 27, 2001
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 17268
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/16/2004 Starring: John Favreau Famke Janssen Run time: 94 minutes Rating: R Director: Jon Favreau
Amazon.com:
Progressing beyond their indie hit Swingers, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughan return with Made, playing (respectively) Bobby and Ricky, long-time pals in Los Angeles. Failing as amateur boxers, they're recruited by their mob-connected boss (Peter Falk) to make what should be an easy delivery to an East Coast kingpin named Ruiz (Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs). By the time they reach New York, Bobby's no-nonsense approach has been bulldozed by Ricky's hopelessly false bravado, which he's blithely absorbed from too many mobster movies. While Ricky invites disaster with reckless ambition, Bobby just wants a happier, legitimate future for his stripper girlfriend (Famke Janssen) and her neglected young daughter.
Made is an urban comedy that's sharper than its popular predecessor if not quite as appealing. Favreau and Vaughn make a hilarious odd couple of the underworld, and Vaughan's bullish performance--even as it grows redundant and deliberately irritating--is a raucous blend of stupidity and baseless braggadocio. Even more surprising is Combs, playing a thinly veiled variant of himself and providing some of the film's funniest, most authentic confrontations. As Favreau mines danger, humor, and pathos from carefully modulated scenes, the movie gains unexpected depth that sustains it through lulls of inspiration. And while Sam Rockwell, Bud Cort, and others pop in to spin gold in walk-on roles, Made continues to work its subtle charms, even with a tacked-on happy ending that arguably doesn't belong. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Watch this movie!
It's interesting to see the wide range of reviews of Made.
Personally, I liked it more than Swingers. I haven't laughed so many times during a movie for years. It also has a sweet side, the final two scenes are as powerful as you'll see.
I think people expect too much. This isn't Citizen Kane, but you know what...Citizen Kane was boring. This is dumb, fun and full of guns.
Rating:  - Against the odds, Favreau and Vaughn are money once again
In 1996, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn made an unforgettable duo as swinging bachelors Mike and Trent in the indie comedy smash "Swingers." Five years later, they reteamed for "Made," another film written by Favreau and starring the dynamite duo. This time, Favreau is also behind the camera, directing his first feature film. Do Favreau and Vaughn rise to the occasion again?
The answer, happily, is a resounding yes. "Made" is a sharply written, nicely acted comedy with plenty of laughs. ... Read More
Rating:  - Casting missteps, chaotic and confused script, not serious
MADE, released 2001 will probably be of interest to viewers weighing
Vince Vaughn's cult status, and to the curiosity surrounding the
script.
Unfortunately, the entertainment promises made turn out short, in
more ways than one.
First, it can't be denied that Jon Favreau does a great acting job
as the "straight man" (reminiscent of James Gandolfini) while Vaughn
puts in a solid effort as he "comedian" among the 2 gangster
trainees. Yet, ... Read More
Rating: - One of the Worst Ever
The two main characters are so irritating that you never get to identify with them.They never shut up and run off about their bosses "business" in settings that would get them popped post haste in anything approximating reality. Huge suspension of disbelief needed for this one. Not enjoyable at all. It is actually irratating. The DVD case is worth more than the DVD.
Rating:  - Just Not That Funny
The title of my review says it all. The plot set-up is pretty solid, but the rest of the movie just isn't that funny. Vince Vaughn has his funny rambling moments as he does in all of his flicks, but the pacing is off, the dialogue is a bit meandering and...rent it if you're a Vaughn fan.
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