Life Without Dick (2002)

By accident, Colleen Gibson shoots and kills her gold-digging cheating boyfriend, Dick, a private eye who happens to have a hitman on his tail. Danny the hitman works for his brother-in-law... See full summary »

Director:

Bix Skahill

Writer:

Bix Skahill

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Knoxville

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Colleen Gibson
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Daniel Gallagher
Johnny Knoxville	...	Dick Rasmusson
Craig Ferguson	...	Jared O'Reilly
Teri Garr	...	Madame Hugonaut
Geoffrey Blake	...	Detective Murphy
John Eddins	...	Detective O'Halloran
Brigid Brannagh	...	Ivy Gallagher O'Reilly
David Cross	...	Rex
Jon Sklaroff	...	Colin
Brad Grunberg	...	Pee Wee
David Koechner	...	Uncle Hurley
Claudia Schiffer	...	Mary
Erik Palladino	...	Tony the Tuner Moretti
Ever Carradine	...	Tina

Storyline

By accident, Colleen Gibson shoots and kills her gold-digging cheating boyfriend, Dick, a private eye who happens to have a hitman on his tail. Danny the hitman works for his brother-in-law, a cheerful but nasty Irish mobster, hasn't actually killed anyone, and wants to be a singer. He falls for Colleen. she likes him, too. He can solve her problem (Dick's body), she can solve his (meeting the mobster's demands that he kill people like Dick). Danny has an ex-girlfriend, who might still hold the key to his heart, two cops are sniffing around for Dick, a junk yard owner gets a conscience, and a talent show is coming up. Bullets, music, and true love are set to collide.

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Plot Keywords:

hitman | talent show | singer | female artist | female killer | 

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Taglines:

True love can be a very dangerous thing.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sensuality, language and a drug reference

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Algo más que cómplices

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Happy Dagger Pictures, Immortal Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The hitman refers to a "Senator Dove" who has died... this is the same person who Mickey, a hitman, talked about having killed in _Chain Of Fools (2000)_, also written by Bix Skahill.

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Quotes

Jared O'Reilly: He's Going to Rome...
Daniel Gallagher: Rome, Georgia ?
Jared O'Reilly: No! Pope-y Rome...

User Reviews

New Oscar categories needed

After seeing this movie I can't help thinking that Oscars should also be awarded in some new categories like "How far can silliness go and still not be entertaining" or "The youngest age of viewers that will already feel embarrassed by the fact that they're wasting their time so badly", in either of which "Life without Dick" would excel. Stuffed with a high dose of thick-skinned humour guaranteed to paralyse the brains of a horse, this ambitious 4th-or-so-grade film project has a nice theme tune by Loni Rose and is shut in colour, which are its two most attractive features. Well, there is of course the sexy Sarah Jessica, but then she really puts us up to a weirdness endurance test by demonstrating and stretching to absolute limits a grotesque gap between her physical appearance and the intellectual level of the character she portrays, however funny that character was meant to be. Harry Jr reminded us of the good ol' times he was keeping himself off the silver screen and everything was just fine that way.