Skip to main content

Plot

Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) is a Detroit automobile engineer unjustly fired by his boss. Jack's wife Caroline (Teri Garr) is compelled to get a job to make ends meet, and is soon hired on as an advertising executive in a firm run by the shifty Ron Richardson (Martin Mull. This leaves Jack at home doing the housework and taking care of the kids, which he discovers is a lot more complicated than he ever imagined. Moving from breadwinner to househusband doesn't do much for his self-esteem, and he bides his time playing poker for 10-cents-off coupons with a gaggle of neighborhood housewifes and pondering infidelity with dedicated homewrecker Joan (Ann Jillian). Among Keaton's fish-out-of-water bits: trying to maneuver a shopping cart with the inevitable wobbly wheels; and imagining a soap opera-cum-film noir episode in which he gives in to Joan's advances, only to be found out by Caroline.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
92min.
DVD Release Date:
04/25/2000
Director(s):
Stan Dragoti
Starring:
Michael Keaton , Teri Garr , Frederick Koehler , Taliesin Jaffe , Brittany White
Themes:
Office Politics,Foibles of Marriage,Questioning Gender Roles,Fired or Laid-Off,Fish Out of Water,Parenthood
Tone:
Madcap,Bright,Goofy,Upbeat,Light,Humorous
Keywords:
advertising,boss [employer],career,child,child-rearing,family,home,househusband,housework,role-switching,self-discovery,unemployment
Language:
English