SummaryYou think you've got competition for your girlfriend? Then, welcome to Mooseport, where the local plumber (Romano) find himself in a race for his girlfriend's affections - and in a race foe the mayor's office - with none other than the charismatic former President of the United States (Hackman). (20th Century Fox)
Directed By:Donald Petrie
Written By:Doug Richardson, Tom Schulman
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Generally Unfavorable
33
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
33
11% Positive
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44% Mixed
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80
Gene Hackman, bristling with wit and energy, is at his amusing best in the robust comedy.
50
Screenwriter Tom Schulman, who won an Oscar for "Dead Poets Society," gives us a narrative reminiscent of a pup chasing its tail, as characters struggle to catch up with inexplicably chopping and changing motives.
50
Harden and Tierney waste performances of moderate complexity, Baranski adds her usual brand of silky sarcasm and Rip Torn provides a welcome presence as Cole's jolly campaign manager.
40
Lacks the antic energy and inspired imagination that might have put this over as a sharp-witted community comedy in the Preston Sturges vein.
30
A movie marred by a flaccid script, listless pacing, a plethora of cutesy-poo gags and Ray Romano.
25
A comedy so devoid of wit and point that not mentioning the other actors trapped in this rathole would be an act of charity.
0
It's a terrible movie, ugly to look at, tediously drawn out, unfunny in every cell and fiber of its being.
User score
Mixed or Average
4.7
25% Positive
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May 21, 2013
2
A painfully unfunny movie. I was honestly just sitting there bored throughout the entire movie. I thought this would be a funny movie because it had Ray Romano in it and I loved his sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, but unfortunately I found myself not caring about a single thing in this movie. The acting is crappy and the plot is predictable and void of any laughs. You might get a few chuckles in, but that'll probably be over how stupid it all is. Avoid this movie.
