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About
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Theatrical
Oct 22, 2004
Digital
Sep 5, 2006
Box Office
$20.1M
Budget
$22.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 22, 2005
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Qwerty Films, Kanzeon, Scott Rudin Productions, N1 European Film Produktions
Quotes
See all →The Nature of the Universe Explained
Bernard Jaffe
The universe is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Focus Your Mind on Helpful Thoughts
Bernard Jaffe
Your mind is always occupied on something...so it may as well be something helpful, like Mrs. Shermer, or the blanket.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jason Schwartzman
Albert Markovski
I
Isabelle Huppert
Caterine Vauban
Dustin Hoffman
Bernard Jaffe
L
Lily Tomlin
Vivian Jaffe
Jude Law
Brad Stand
M
Mark Wahlberg
Tommy Corn
Naomi Watts
Dawn Campbell
A
Angela Grillo
Angela Franco
G
Ger Duany
Stephen Nimieri
D
Darlene Hunt
Darlene
K
Kevin Dunn
Marty
B
Ben Hernandez Bray
Davy
R
Richard Appel
Josh
J
Jake Muxworthy
Tim
M
Matthew Muzio
Construction Worker
P
Patrick M. Walsh
Fireman
T
Tippi Hedren
Mary Jane Hutchinson
L
Lisa Guzman
Frosh Girl
A
Altagracia Guzman
Mrs. Echevarria
S
Saïd Taghmaoui
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