MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Up 482 this week

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

 -  Comedy  -  22 October 2004 (USA)
6.7
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 46,659 users   Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 365 user | 179 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com

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.

Director:

Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 2369 titles created 4 months ago
 
a list of 179 titles created 21 May 2012
 
a list of 10000 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 643 titles created 17 Oct 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: I Heart Huckabees (2004)

I Heart Huckabees (2004) on IMDb 6.7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of I Heart Huckabees.
2 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness.

Director: Wes Anderson
Stars: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller
Rushmore (1998)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

The king of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation.

Director: Wes Anderson
Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.

Director: Burr Steers
Stars: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum
Ghost World (2001)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

Enid and Rebecca are social outsiders who, after graduating from high school, play a mean prank on a middle-aged geek.

Director: Terry Zwigoff
Stars: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney
Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna
Thumbsucker (2005)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.

Director: Mike Mills
Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Lou Taylor Pucci, Keanu Reeves
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.

Director: Liev Schreiber
Stars: Eugene Hutz, Elijah Wood, Jonathan Safran Foer
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A delusional young guy strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

Director: Craig Gillespie
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider
50/50 (2011)
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Director: Jonathan Levine
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

The adventures of incoming high school and junior high students on the last day of school, in May of 1976.

Director: Richard Linklater
Stars: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins
Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

Director: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Paul Benjamin, Bobby Cannavale
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Angela Grillo ...
...
Mr. Stephen Nimieri
...
...
Benny Hernandez ...
Davy
...
Josh
...
Harrison
...
Tim
Edit

Storyline

Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe. Written by Benjamin Conway

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

An existential comedy

Genres:

Comedy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and a sex scene | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

|

Country:

| |

Language:

| |

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

I Love Huckabee's  »

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£155,592 (UK) (26 November 2004)

Gross:

$12,784,713 (USA) (18 February 2005)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Typically, David O. Russell would let the cameras continue rolling after the end of each scene, urging the actors to goof around and improvise. He felt this was the best way for them to lose any sense of self-consciousness. Jude Law and Dustin Hoffman later told him that they found it a very liberating way to work. See more »

Goofs

After Caterine takes a Polaroid picture of Brad she holds the camera with her right hand. The next shot of her she has her arms crossed, and the shot after that she is holding the camera again. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Albert Markovski: [Blurry shot of tree]
[Albert's thoughts are voiced aloud to us, but not the audience on camera]
Albert Markovski: Mother-fucking, cocksucker, mother-fucking, shit-fucker, what am I doing?
[Albert walks out from behind tree, towards camera. As he gets closer to the camera the scene comes into focus]
Albert Markovski: What am I doing? I don't know what I'm doing. I'm doing the best that I can. I know that's all I can ask of myself. Is that good enough? Is my work doing any good? Is anybody paying attention? Is it ...
[...]
See more »

Crazy Credits

"How am I not myself?" See more »

Connections

References The Mask (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

"Strangest Times"
Written by Jon Brion
Score material based on this and other songs
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
A beautiful mess
5 January 2005 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

There is only one word I can use to describe this "existensial comedy" by David O. Russell: insane. Here is a comedy with no real rules. A sense of brilliant madness lurks within every scene. Emotions run wild, actions are poorly motivated, people have no idea just what the hell they are doing! This is to be said about certain characters played by Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, and Naomi Watts. These are characters who are in deep need of answers to their existence, and who are playing with ideas that they are not quite ready to tackle. But then you have Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, and Isabelle Huppert just kind of watching by the sidelines as the more experienced characters. By the end of the movie I couldn't help but think of how many other clients of theirs went through similar conflicts. That's the ultimate punchline. What a delight I Heart Huckabees is!

This is in no way at all your average comedy. Many philosophical theories are brought up throughout the film, but it's all done in a "fun" way. The film doesn't follow and preach any of the theories, only its characters do. I thought that was important because, well, that's what makes it so funny. It does not take itself seriously.

The acting is very...interesting. You have the younger actors like Wahlberg and Schwartzman really, really trying hard in hilariously over-the-top performances. To the exact opposite of that, you have Hoffman and Tomlin who don't even really try that hard at all. They don't have to. They're pros- actor wise and character wise. This imbalance in mood just adds and adds to the overflowing madness of I Heart Huckabees.

There is a lot of things wrong with the movie that seem to make it funnier and all the more enjoyable to watch. I had a smile on my face through the whole thing. I Heart Huckabees is indeed an acquired taste. People will love it, people will hate it, people will be totally indifferent to it, but I have no doubt that it will find its following.

My rating: 8/10


127 of 177 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
I hate this movie AND I know about existentialism. general_ed2000
i hate huckabees ellie_maracas
Why does everyone hate this? RunAliceRun
Mark Whalberg was my favorite. ihategorgonzola
Why is it that many critics of this movie don't understand the joke? chiliwaterboy
My Existential Analysis of this 'Existential Comedy' audib13
Discuss I Heart Huckabees (2004) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?