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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of American dreams and delusions.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul SchneiderDirector
- Paul SchneiderWriter
- Wim MertensOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Billy CrudupCurtis Prentiss
- Paul GiamattiRick Honeycutt
- Kristen WiigMandy Riddle
- David HornsbyKenny Owenby
- Denis O'HareChuck Sutters
- Elizabeth MarvelTonya Honeycutt
- Anna CampBecca French
- Aasif MandviTed the Banker
- Adam LeFevrePhil the Neighbor
- Garret DillahuntCarson Thrash
- Daniel Stewart ShermanTed the Credit Card Clerk
- Daniel TalbottHustler (uncredited)