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Down on his luck after losing his job and his girlfriend on the same day, Larry decides to join his neighbor, Bill, and his combat-happy buddy, Everett, for a relaxing weekend of drinking and target practice. But when the three hapless guys are mistaken for Army Reservists by the hard-nosed Sergeant Kilgrove, they're loaded onto an army plane headed for Fallujah, Iraq--and mistakenly ejected in a Humvee... See Full Description
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Action/Adventure and Comedy |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr 30 min |
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| Release Date: |
May 11th, 2007 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for crude and sexual humor. |
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| Distributors: |
Lionsgate
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$8,074,933 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...misses its mark." Full Review...
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E! Online, Tod Goldberg
"Rare is the movie that can actually offend all corners, but this one does: Mexicans, Iraqis, Americans, the military, rednecks and the institution of American filmmaking are all equally shamed." Full Review...
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Entertainment Weekly, Scott Brown
"...strenuously unfunny..." Full Review...
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Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck
"If you had to make a choice between seeing this witless comedy or actually going to Iraq, you'd have some serious thinking to do." Full Review...
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| User Reviews |
Average Grade: C+
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A |
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C+ |
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| L-A-M-E
by the_humble_diva
(5/13/2007) |
| 10 out of 11 people found this review helpful |
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| Something earlier that day told me not to see this movie, but I pushed the notion...Full Review |
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D- |
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