Big Trouble

Apr 5, 2002

1h 25m

★ 6.1

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

Overview

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."

Genres

Action

Comedy

Thriller

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

The Jacobson Company

Sonnenfeld/Josephson Worldwide Entertainment

Big Trouble Trailers

Cast

Eliot Arnold

Tim Allen

Anna Herk

Rene Russo

Matt Arnold

Ben Foster

Puggy

Jason Lee

Arthur Herk

Stanley Tucci

Henry Desalvo

Dennis Farina

Jenny Herk

Zooey Deschanel

Monica Romero

Janeane Garofalo

Nina

Sofía Vergara

Snake

Tom Sizemore

Eddie

Johnny Knoxville

Seitz

Omar Epps

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