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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 25%. Audiences rate it 35 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,432 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Tom McHugh quickly learns that his perfect big brother Craig isn't all he's cracked up to be while on a night on the town with the girl next door, during which Tom is harassed by unpleasant strangers, threatened by mobsters, pursued by police, attacked by an irate florist, accused of murder, and has his date kidnapped—all because everyone thinks he's Craig...and the classic 1959 DeSoto Firesweep he borrowed off his brother has two dead bodies in the trunk.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Audiences rate it 35 points higher than critics do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- John Du PrezOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan WacksDirector
- Parker BennettWriter
- Terry RunteWriter
Cast
- Ethan HawkeTom McHugh
- Teri PoloGeena Matthews
- Brian McNamaraCraig McHugh
- Fisher StevensDwight
- Tony RosatoSharpie
- Don S. DavisDoheny
- James HongFortune Teller
- Victor WongJanitor
- BD WongJames Lew
- Ping WuVince
- Duncan FraserCrully
- Jerry WassermanDetective Al Condon
Stills
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Themes
datemistaken identityneighborgirl next door