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Release Date:
12 December 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
A real estate hustler and his wife hide from the IRS among the Amish. full summary | add synopsis
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(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 December 1997)
Bond Movie Is Close Behind
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Bond Movie Is Close Behind
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Gentle amusing comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tim Allen | ... | Brad Sexton |
 | Kirstie Alley | ... | Caroline Sexton |
 | Jay O. Sanders | ... | Samuel Yoder |
 | Michael Lerner | ... | Phil Kleinman |
 | Wayne Knight | ... | Bob Lachman |
 | Larry Miller | ... | IRS Insp. Derek Lester |
 | Miguel A. Núñez Jr. | ... | IRS Insp. Frank Hall |
| Megan Cavanagh | ... | Levinia Yoder |
 | John Pyper-Ferguson | ... | Henner Lapp |
 | Carrie Preston | ... | Rebecca Yoder |
 | Ethan Phillips | ... | Jerry - Good Guys Realty |
| John Caponera | ... | Dave - Good Guys Realty |
| Katie Moore | ... | Anna Yoder |
| Bobby Steggert | ... | Samuel Yoder Jr. |
 | Michael Angarano | ... | Sammy Yoder |
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual innuendo and one use of strong language.
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115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #35727) |
Australia:M |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
France:U |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:AL (video premiere) |
Singapore:PG |
UK:12
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Factual errors: In the end Brad and Sam are looking at the corn field, but it would have all ready been harvested because the Amish harvest before they have weddings.
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Brad Sexton:
Good food, good meat. Good God, let's eat!
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References "Quincy M.E." (1976)
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This is a gentle and amusing comedy. It is the story of a (very) rich couple on the point of divorce forced to flee from the IRS. They end up in Amish country and ‘pretend' to be from another Amish community. The main comedy is from how they try to adapt to the new life, whilst keeping up the pretence of being Amish, and is quite remarkable in portraying the Amish way of life sympathetically. Even the Amish accent is a little more accurate than is normal in a comedy (having lived there myself). It is understandable why it was not a great hit in the Cinema, as it has no big blockbuster special effects, but for the TV it is just what is required when a good laugh is required – and the language is suitable for all (except for possibly an Amish viewer).