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Plot

Television star Tom Green makes his directorial debut with this gross-out comedy. Green stars as Gord Brody, a 28-year-old slacker who aspires to be an animator of Hollywood cartoons. After his dreams of working for studio mogul Dave Davidson (Anthony Michael Hall) temporarily wash out, along with his thankless job at a cheese factory, Gord returns home to live with his parents, Jim (Rip Torn) and Julie (Julie Hagerty). Jim wishes that Gord would simply grow up, move out of the basement, and get a real job like his younger brother Freddy (Eddie Kaye Thomas), who works in a responsible position at a bank. When the battle of wills between Gord and Jim heats up, Gord devises various stunt-like schemes to drive his father bonkers, including the bogus charge that their father molested Freddy as a youngster. Marisa Coughlan co-stars as Gord's wheelchair-bound, nymphomaniac, amateur rocket-scientist girlfriend Betty, while comedian and Green's fellow Canada native Harland Williams plays Gord's oddball neighbor Darren.
MPAA Rating:
R for crude sexual and bizarre humor, and for strong language.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
87min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/20/2001
DVD Release Date:
10/23/2001
Distributor(s):
Fox
Director(s):
Tom Green
Starring:
Tom Green , Rip Torn , Marisa Coughlan , Eddie Kaye Thomas , Harland Williams
Themes:
Eccentric Families,Mental Breakdown,Fathers and Sons,Arrested Adolescence
Tone:
Disturbing,Hallucinatory,Irreverent,Lurid,Raunchy,Silly
Keywords:
allegations,aspiration,battle-of-wills,cartoons,dreams-of-success,father,scheme,slacker
Country of Origin:
USA (04-20-2001)
Language:
English