Then he's reminded of a promise he made long ago to his niece, Noreen (TAMMY BLANCHARD), in front of his trailer trash sister, Patty (MEGAN MULLALLY), that he'd pay for Noreen's college education. Well, it turns out she's been accepted to Harvard and the cost will be in the neighborhood of $30,000.
Unable to tell Elaine of this dilemma, it only gets worse when she uses their money as a down payment on a new house. As a result, John enlists the aid of his goofy friend, Walter "Duff" Duffy (TOM GREEN), a landscaper who comes up with one hair-brained scheme after another of how to get the cash.
Between the two of them, they eventually get involved with Duff's Uncle Jack (SEYMOUR CASSEL), former classmate and current thug David Loach (CHRIS PENN), a lonely man, Mr. Cook (RICHARD JENKINS), who misses his dead wife, and Detective Charles (JOHN C. McGINLEY), a cop who's hot on their trail when their plans turn criminal.
A lonely widower has various men dress up as his wife and then snuggle with him in bed (he states that he's lonely, but not gay), while it's implied that a woman was fooling around with several men simultaneously in her bedroom. Some women are seen in revealing attire and a dog humps a man.
Various characters smoke and/or drink, while jokes are made about drunk driving and being on angel dust. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, as many of them are criminals who participate in criminal behavior. Other imitative behavior is also present.
Violence consists of people threatening others with guns (including a shotgun being fired at two men), some punching or hitting of others, a small dog attacking a person (played for laughs), and some property damage. Some brief crude humor is also present.
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(2002) (Jason Lee, Tom Green) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Mild
Heavy
*Minor
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
None
*Minor
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Moderate
Minor
Moderate
Moderate
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Reviewed September 9, 2002 / Posted September 13, 2002
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