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Special Delivery

2008Movie1 h 28 min

Comedy TV Movie

55

DecentGoodWatch score

55

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

A bonded courier transports a bratty teenager on an international flight, but realizes a trap has been set up for them when they reach the U.S.

Good for

Friends night
Teens
Background watch

Skip it if

You want something quiet and calm

Where to watch

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Fingerprint

Gets your pulse racing.
Keeps you on edge.
Puts you inside a crime.

Not for romance, scares or tears.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 55
IMDb5.4
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most comedies, −12 min on the typical 100
typical 10088
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 128 countries
+118
Released
2008
December 21, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
ComedyTV Movie
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceModerate
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 27
Directing · 3
Michael M. Scott Director
Ian Woolf First Assistant Director
Carla Bowen Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Matt Dearborn Writer
Production · 7
Fernando Szew Executive Producer
Michael Jacobs Executive Producer
Francis J. Conway Producer
Joey Paul Jensen Casting
Roy Tjioe Co-Executive Producer
Ricardo S. Galindez Co-Executive Producer
Camera · 3
Stuart Asbjornsen Director of Photography
Mark Gerasimenko "A" Camera Operator
Douglas Olivares "B" Camera Operator
Editing · 1
Jim Miley Editor
Sound · 1
Philip Giffin Original Music Composer
Art · 1
Robert W. Henderson Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Debra Rego Key Hair Stylist
Laine Rykes Makeup Department Head
Lighting · 1
Dean DesJarlais Gaffer
Other crew · 3
Brock Little Stunt Coordinator
Colin C.L. Fong Stunt Double
Cara Hemperly Stunt Double

Tropes

Mistaken Identityin 474 titlesAfter Ralph puts on the mailman's uniform and finishes his route, he returns to his house and notices his keys are in his own clothes and not the mailman's, so he tries to enter his house through a w…Idiot Ballin 3,407 titlesIn service to the Rule of Funny, almost every character except Ralph (who is just lazy) and the mailman (who is dead) has a firm grip on the idiot ball; they consistently miss completely obvious clue…All 13 tropes

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