The few moments of sharp humour in this film just aren't quite enough to make it work.
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03/10/05
Man of the House (2005)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:5
Rotten:55
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: A high-concept movie that plays out like a mediocre TV sitcom.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A startling mixture of giggling T&A, old man/young girl bonding, bloody violence, and gross-out humor, this drama-action-comedic soufflé could comes courtesy director Stephen Herek (MISTER... [More]
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Archer, Brian Van Holt, Christina Milian
Director: Stephen Herek
Reviews for Man of the House
Overall the film is as static as its star's face which -- given the large amount of scantily-clad female flesh on display -- is really quite an achievement.
04/05/05
Top CriticThis makes an even worse job of its premise than you might expect, leaving it to the usual sidekick, Cedric the Entertainer, to provide the occasional laugh as a convict-turned-holy man.
02/09/06
Top CriticEssentially, then, the film is an excuse for Tommy Lee Jones to do his craggy hard man act in a house full of scantily-clad cheerleaders.
04/09/05
Anyone who's ever built a shrine to Tommy Lee Jones may enjoy this -- but it would take several troops of cheerleaders to muster up enthusiasm from anyone else.
04/01/06
Top Critic90 minutes with a few routine chase sequences but without a single laugh represents a poor way to spend a looooooong evening.
02/27/05
it could have been worse. That's all I'm sayin'.
03/02/05
Mindless, vapid fare.
02/28/05
Goofy, good natured fun and, with all the dazzling bodies, can we really come away from it wanting more?
03/13/05
What was Tommy Lee Jones thinking?
02/25/05
There was a time when you'd see Tommy Lee Jones and R. Lee Ermey in a movie and say, "Well, it can't be all bad." Those days are gone forever.
02/27/05
Jones basset hound looks are put to good use in making this comedy better than it should have been
02/28/05
Yes, boys and girls, this is a comedy that, in the year 2005, thinks a montage set to Right Said Fred’s greatest hit would be hysterical.
07/19/05
Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls.
02/28/05
Top CriticGive me a "T" for terrible.
03/08/05
It's not a perfect film, by far, but Jones' playful banter with his cheerleading charges remains light and just this side of predictable.
02/25/05
Even if the girls weren't exactly what you'd expect ... their misadventures are.
02/28/05
Suppressing laughter when I first heard about this film may rank among the most difficult challenges I have ever faced in the line of duty. And I’ve interviewed Vincent Gallo.
02/25/05
Flimsy, vapid, formulaic fish-out-of-water comedy
03/08/05
The image that best sums up this dismal comedy is Cedric the Entertainer cringing over a cell phone that's been hidden in a cow's rectum.
03/07/07
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