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Summary
The lives of Eric, an ex hockey player, and his partner Sam, are thrown into turmoil when they are forced to take in Scot, a flamboyant 11-year-old.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+12)
Critics 53Audiences 65GoodWatch 58
Tomatometer54%
Metascore51
IMDb6.8
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.3/5
Audience score65%
User score6.0
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for comedies, −5 min on the typical 100
typical 10095Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2007
November 16, 2007
19 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
and 10 more17 people
- Tom CavanaghEric McNally
- Ben ShenkmanSam
- NBNoah BernettScot
- Benz AntoineGreg Graham
- Jeananne GoossenNula
- Graham GreeneBud Wilson
- TFTravis FerrisGeorge Jr.
- Fiona ReidMildred Monterossos
- Dylan EverettRyan Burlington
- Robin BrûléMs. Paul
- VTVanessa ThompsonCarla
- AFAlexander FranksJoey Morita
Anna SilkMia
Shauna MacDonaldJoan
Colin CunninghamBilly
Sheila McCarthyMiss Patterson (uncredited)
Megan FollowsBarbara Warren
Directing · 1
- Laurie Lynd Director
Writing · 2
- Sean Reycraft Writer
- Michael Downing Novel
Production · 6
- Howard Rosenman Producer, Executive Producer
- Bob Rousseau Executive Producer
- Nadine Schiff Executive Producer
- Paul Brown Producer
- Anne MacKenzie Associate Producer
- Stephen Traynor Line Producer
Camera · 1
- David A. Makin Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Susan Shipton Editor
Sound · 1
- Robert Carli Original Music Composer
Other crew · 1
- Alison Reid Stunt Coordinator
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