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The Wendell Baker Story (2005) -- Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
The Wendell Baker Story (2005) -- Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
The Wendell Baker Story (2005) -- Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
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User Rating:
5.5/10   3,253 votes
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Writer:
Luke Wilson (writer)
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Release Date:
3 August 2005 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Why not call him a hero?
Plot:
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
I thought it would be better more (22 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some crude and sexual humor and language.
Runtime:
99 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Neal King's mother's house is said to be nine miles due south of Durant, which would put it in Achille, Oklahoma. more
Quotes:
Neil King: [Neil is spoofing Wendell Baker in front of McTeague] "Thank you very much for this job. It's my first job in the hotel buisness more
Soundtrack:
The Road & The Sky more

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3 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
I thought it would be better, 2 November 2007
4/10
Author: dustinhunter707 from United States

OK now I have always liked Luke and Owen Wilson as well as many other stars in this film such as Eddie Griffin, Eva Mendes, Kris Kristofferson, and Will Ferrell but for some reason this movie wasn't funny at all. It was more dramatic and from the looks of the trailer, I was expecting a comedy with several laughs since it starred Luke and Owen Wilson, but I only laughed like twice the whole movie and I was expecting to laugh way more. It kind of tells the life of Wendell Baker, but it really fails to make anything about his life funny like they should have. Overall I give this a 4 out of 10 because I was expecting a comedy, not a drama. I wouldn't recommend this to comedy fans, but if you are looking for something different and you are a Luke Wilson fan then you may like this, but i'm not sure because I am a Luke Wilson fan and I didn't even like this one.

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