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Man of the House

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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... 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

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A consistently unoriginal comedy that plays like an abandoned 97-minute sitcom pilot without the laugh track or hardly any laughs.

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What was Tommy Lee Jones thinking?

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