Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/16/2005(USA
Release Date: 06/06/2006
Sound: DTS/DD5.1
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
A travel agent in deep debt attempts to swindle a by-the-books insurance agent by claiming the corpse of a gangland hit as his long-missing brother in director
Mark Mylod's dark
crime comedy.
Paul Barnell (
Robin Williams) is in trouble. Saddled with a cantankerous wife (
Holly Hunter) and unable to convince ambitious insurance company agent
Ted (
Giovanni Ribisi) to pay off the one-million-dollar claim on his brother, who has been missing for five years,
Paul's debts are mounting as fast as his life is crumbling. When
Paul discovers the corpse of a nameless man who ended up on the wrong side of the mob, desperation drives him to stage a grizzly death scene and make it look as if his brother has suffered a horrible fate. Though the local police force is easily taken by
Paul's elaborate ruse, it's going to take a little more convincing before
Ted is willing to sign off on the hefty insurance payment.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
