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A Balasaur Score of 41 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 23%, Metacritic 31/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
199 audience votes
Key crew
- Nora EphronDirector
- Adam ResnickScreenplay
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John TravoltaRuss Richards
- Lisa KudrowCrystal
- Tim RothGig
- Ed O'NeillDick Simmons
- Michael RapaportDale
- Daryl MitchellDetective Chambers
- Bill PullmanDetective Pat Lakewood
- Richard SchiffJerry Green
- Michael MooreWalter
- Sam McMurrayChief Troutman
- Michael WestonLarry
- Maria BamfordWendy
Stills
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Themes
weather forecastlotteryweather forecasterweatherdebtwoman director