An unhappily-married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the IRS and end up in Amish country, where they pretend to be visiting relatives.An unhappily-married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the IRS and end up in Amish country, where they pretend to be visiting relatives.An unhappily-married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the IRS and end up in Amish country, where they pretend to be visiting relatives.
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- TriviaThe farmhouse used in the film was located in Westminster, Maryland and was torn down a few years after the movie.
- GoofsAt the end, Brad and Sam are looking at the cornfield, but it would have already been harvested because the Amish harvest before they have weddings.
- Quotes
Brad Sexton: [standing under the rear of a bull statue] This is bullshit!
- Crazy creditsThe end credits show funny outtakes and deleted scenes cut for time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Amistad/Titanic/Good Will Hunting/The Apostle (1997)
- SoundtracksCheek to Cheek
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Sarah Vaughan
Courtesy of Verse Records by Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing
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Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley made one of the most mismatched couples I have ever seen, but that was the beauty of this movie, and the key to why it was so funny. They played off of each other very well. I also liked the fact that it didn't bash religion the way a lot of movies do nowadays, and that it won out at the end of the day.
My only complaint about this movie was the scene where they spent the night sleeping in a cow pasture. Kirstie Alley was either very distracted or had to have her nose cut off not to notice until early the next morning that she was sleeping in cow manure. Whoever wrote that script obviously didn't spend much time in the country. To him (or her), I say if you're standing or sleeping in the middle of cow manure, you would notice it right away. Kirstie Alley is a Kansas girl. I'm surprised she didn't take the writers to task over this.
Otherwise, this was a pretty upbeat, pretty funny movie. (I guess Big John was saying in horsease "I don't think so, Tim."). Seven out of ten for this one.
My only complaint about this movie was the scene where they spent the night sleeping in a cow pasture. Kirstie Alley was either very distracted or had to have her nose cut off not to notice until early the next morning that she was sleeping in cow manure. Whoever wrote that script obviously didn't spend much time in the country. To him (or her), I say if you're standing or sleeping in the middle of cow manure, you would notice it right away. Kirstie Alley is a Kansas girl. I'm surprised she didn't take the writers to task over this.
Otherwise, this was a pretty upbeat, pretty funny movie. (I guess Big John was saying in horsease "I don't think so, Tim."). Seven out of ten for this one.
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,642,995
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,015,970
- Dec 14, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $32,748,995
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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