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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,614 2020s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Bert Kreischer faces a familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Together, he and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family while they attempt to find common ground.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic37/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
225 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin BiegelWriter
- Peter AtencioDirector
- Scotty LandesWriter
- Joseph TrapaneseOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bert KreischerBert
- Mark HamillAlbert
- Jimmy TatroYoung Bert
- Stephanie KurtzubaLeeAnn
- Nikola ĐuričkoIgor
- Iva BabićIdina
- Martyn FordSponge
- Robert MaaserAlexei
- Jess GaborSasha
- Rita Bernard-ShawAshley
- Oleg TaktarovTrain Igor
- Amelie Child-VilliersTatiana
Stills
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Themes
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