RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Found a Bug? Squash It! Report Bugs Here
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Box Office
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
  • | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
Movies / On DVD / Man of the House
Man of the House

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Add to List
  • Buy Poster External Icon
  • Visit Official Site External Icon
Bookmark and Share

Man of the House (2005)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
8 %
Tomatometer
Template ImageTemplate Image

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

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... 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 HOLLAND'S OPUS, THE MIGHTY DUCKS). Cedric the Entertainer has a great bit as an ex-con who helps the ladies with some hip hop dance moves. Anne Archer plays the ranger's older love interest. And the lascivious, multi-ethnic lovelies are played by Christina Milian, Kelli Garner, Monica Keena, Paula Garces, and Vanessa Ferlito. Tommy Lee Jones stars in this action-comedy as a tough old Texas Ranger who winds up babysitting a squadron of cheerleaders when they inadvertently witness a gangster's murder. His no-nonsense ways clash with the girls' fun-filled lifestyle at first: he makes them wear seatbelts, confiscates their cell phones, beats up on any guy who comes near them (including an awestruck pizza delivery boy) and makes sure no one sneaks out of the house on dates. Eventually he discovers the girls aren't as ditzy as they first appear. They get him to loosen up a little, and even help him to patch things up with his neglected daughter (Shannon Marie Woodward). Meanwhile a crooked federal agent is out the send the girls to an early grave. MAN OF THE HOUSE was filmed in and around the University of Texas. [More]

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Archer, Brian Van Holt, Christina Milian

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Archer, Brian Van Holt, Christina Milian, Paula Garces, Monica Keena, R. Lee Ermey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kelli Garner

Director: Stephen Herek

Director: Stephen Herek
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Producer: Steven Reuther, Todd Garner, Allyn Stewart
Studio: Columbia Pictures

[See More Credits]

  • Trailers
  • Pictures
  • Man of the House Trailer
    >
1 of 1

See More Movie Trailers & Pictures

Reviews for Man of the House

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 >> >|
Arrange By:Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 

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.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Empire Magazine
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

This 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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Time Out
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Essentially, 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.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
04/09/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

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.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/05/05
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

The few moments of sharp humour in this film just aren't quite enough to make it work.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
03/10/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/05/05
Boston Phoenix
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Everything's bigger in the Lone Star State. Steaks. Football. And really, really bad movies.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
02/26/05
E! Online
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
03/07/05
Hollywood.com
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/07/07
Andrea Gronvall
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
04/09/05
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

There's little to cheer about in this disappointing action comedy.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/26/05
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

All in all, Man of the House lives up (or is that down?) to the blandness of its title.

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
02/27/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

Man of the House isn’t offensive, but it’s a waste of time, potential, and, well, cheerleader cinema.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
02/26/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

None of the girls are demonstrably embarrassed to be in the film, which speaks to either their work ethic or their poor taste.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/03/05
Chris Tamarri
Chris Tamarri
Village Voice

Dull comedy.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
03/03/05
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly

Sharp instructs the girls on the evils of term-paper plagiarism and the importance of dressing to cover their navels.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/26/05
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
New York Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

it could have been worse. That's all I'm sayin'.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/02/05
David Bezanson
David Bezanson
Filmcritic.com

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.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/19/05
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Small wonder this turkey, which required three screenwriters, has been sitting on the shelf for two years.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/24/05
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 4 >> >|
all

Latest News for Man of the House

July 01, 2005: Colorful Cast Announced for Uwe Boll's Next Opus
After putting the finishing touches on his upcoming "BloodRayne," controversial German director Uwe Boll ("House of the Dead," "Alone in the Dark")... More...

March 07, 2005: Box Office: Diesel Pacifies Weekend Movie Crowd with Muscular $30.2M
Last weekend, “The Diary of a Mad, Black Woman” surprised the industry by topping the charts with $21.9M in just about 1500 theaters. This weekend, Vin Diesel topped the charts... More...

February 28, 2005: Box Office: Mad Black Woman Rejects Hitch for $22.7M
This was probably not the best movie weekend to coincide with The Academy Awards, which honored Hollywood’s best of 2004. Three of this weekend’s wide debuts were all below 17%... More...

February 26, 2005: Friday Box Office: Mad Black Woman Beats Hitch
According to Showbizdata, Diary of a Mad Black Woman unseated Hitch from top spot at the box office on Friday with an estimated $7.1M. For the Fri-Sun weekend, it will take in... More...

See All

More DVDs

Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
36% 36% Angels & Demons
25% 25% Four Christmases
68% 68% Funny People
95% 95% Star Trek
14% 14% The Ugly Truth

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
83% 83% Harry Potter and the H…
67% 67% Public Enemies
75% 75% Julie & Julia
95% 95% The Cove
85% 85% World's Greatest Dad

More New Releases…

What’s Hot On RT

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

5 facts straight from the cast.

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

We chart the studio's classics.

Avatar

Avatar

An exclusive look at the human hardware.

Eric Bana

Eric Bana

The Star Trek star talks cars with RT.

Other News

  • Top Stories
  • Popular
  • Interviews
 
 

Comments

 
 
Top Stories
Headlines Comments
  
  • Malkovich and Hathaway Rumored for Spider-Man 4 Source: Movieline
8
  • Avatar Picks Up Golden Globes Buzz Source: HitFix
55
  • Disney's Upcoming Hand-Drawn Movies Revealed Source: Slashfilm
16
  • Cameron Explains Blue Avatar Aliens Source: MTV
37
  • Matt Damon Expects Greengrass to Return for Fourth Bourne Source: Collider.com
10
  • Burton's Dark Shadows Rising in 2010 Source: Sci Fi Wire
11
  • Exclusive: The World of Where the Wild Things Are
27
  • Peter Jackson Talks Hobbit, LotR Blu-ray Source: Collider.com
20
  • Woman Jailed for Filming New Moon Screening Source: Chicago Sun-Times
18
  • McG Has Plans for Fifth and Sixth Terminator Movies Source: Gizmodo
207
Popular
Headlines Comments
  
  • Five Favorite Films with Jason Reitman
57
  • Critics Consensus: Everybody's Fine Is Just OK
50
  • 10 Horrifically Profitable Films
46
  • Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies
41
  • Weekly Ketchup: Tron Team to Remake The Black Hole
37
  • Five Favorite Films With Avatar's Sam Worthington
31
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: The Blind Side Takes the Lead
29
  • Awards Tour: National Board of Review Winners List!
28
  • Friday Harvest: Iron Man 2, Harry Potter, and more!
24
  • Total Recall: Keith David's Best Movies
18
Interviews
Headlines Comments
  
  • Five Favorite Films With Avatar's Sam Worthington
31
  • Director Ruben Fleischer Talks Zombieland
2
  • "I Don't Hate Women": Lars von Trier on Antichrist
17
  • Eric Bana talks Love the Beast - RT Interview
12
  • Fight Club Sound Designer Reflects on Film's 10th Anniversary
23
  • James Schamus talks Taking Woodstock - RT Interview
8
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
15
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus
22
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
9
  • Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film
28
 
 

Sponsored Links

Around The Network

  • Man of the House at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Man of the House at IGN
  • Man of the House at AskMen

Fresh Links

Featured
RT on YouTube
RT on YouTube External Link

Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.

RT on Twitter
RT on Twitter External Link

Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.