A young boy refuses to accept his mother's new boyfriend despite his attempts to win his respect. Meanwhile, the disgruntled relative of a criminal he prosecuted seeks revenge.A young boy refuses to accept his mother's new boyfriend despite his attempts to win his respect. Meanwhile, the disgruntled relative of a criminal he prosecuted seeks revenge.A young boy refuses to accept his mother's new boyfriend despite his attempts to win his respect. Meanwhile, the disgruntled relative of a criminal he prosecuted seeks revenge.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Hank Sweeney
- (as Chris Miranda)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe only Chevy Chase movie of the 90s to open at #1 and the last of his career to do so.
- GoofsWhen Jack supposedly trips on the skateboard, you can see that Chevy puts his leg out much further than usual. Clearly the incident was staged.
- Quotes
Jack Sturgess: Ben, what are you doing here?
Ben Archer: I came back here to help you. What do you think?
Jack Sturgess: I don't need any help.
Ben Archer: [observing the state Jack is in] Oh, really? Then what were you planning to do when those guys found you? Lie there and pretend to be a slug?
Jack Sturgess: Exactly. Now get out of here. You're blowing my cover.
Ben Archer: [struggling to get the tree trunk off Jack's leg] You can't tell me what to do. You're not my father.
Jack Sturgess: [with a groan] I knew you were going to say that eventually.
- Crazy creditsNo bees were harmed during the making of this film. All bee action was supervised by Dr. Norman E. Gary, entomologist.
- Alternate versionsDuring the first Indian guide meeting, Ben nicknames Jack after his pet. In initial releases he gave the name Numb Nuts for his pet squirrel. Alternately (for television) Ben gives the name Butt Head after a goat.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Charles Grodin: Farrah Fawcett (1995)
- SoundtracksLouie, Louie
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of Highland Music, Inc.
By arrangement with Rhino Records
Starting with Foul Play in 1978, which was a great film, he started the 80's off strong and aside from a few bombs remained a consistently funny guy in great movies for the decade. Caddyshack, Seems like Old Times two great National Lampoon's Vacation films aside from European Vacation which I disliked and I liked Vegas Vacation but am omitting it here as it came out in 1997, then he went on to Fletch, Three Amigos and Funny Farm his most underrated and in my opinion best film after Vacation #1. All great movies all hold up really well today.
Then Chevy kept rolling in the 90's but audiences didnt want to follow him on his journey. He joined his good friend Dan Aykroyd starting off the 90's with the bomb Nothing But Trouble, Memoirs of an Invisible Man followed the next year and then his biggest travesty was his horrible and horribly panned late night talk show on Fox which was cancelled after one season.
1994 was another weak year for him with Cops and Robbersons. Chevy did however find a bit of grace and audiences warming up to him a little bit with this 1995 flick, it was his only true hit of the 90's along with the aforementioned Vegas Vacation.
Now I am not here to convince you this is a great film in the same league with his great aforementioned 70s and 80s films. It really has the feel of a TV movie.
But this is a fun film for kids nonetheless. Chevy and Farrah Fawcett (who was mostly a time capsule sex symbol from the 70's by this point) have good chemistry and he may not have the same chemistry he did with Tim Allen on Home Improvement but Chevy and Jonathan Taylor Thomas play off of each other well here.
This was a kids movie and was always intended to be. For a 90's kids movie Nostalgia trip its a lot of fun. But it's not Chevy at his very best and I think even his fans knew when the 90's came his movies were just not going to be as good as they were in the previous decades. Similar case with director Francis Ford Coppola. He may have had a few hits in the 80's and 90's but would never make anything as good again as the first two Godfathers and Apocalypse Now.
If you like Chase or any of the other cast members (George Wendt, Norm from Cheers is good here in a supporting role), it is worth a watch.
It's no classic but it's a fun 90's movie that proves Chase can make worthy movies with the right script, direction and cast. He also plays it fairly straight here, so if you got tired of his sarcasm and wisecracks in trh 70's and 80's you might really like this film a lot.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Man 2 Man
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,070,995
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,473,317
- Mar 5, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $40,070,995
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1