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Summary
A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+27)
Critics 27Audiences 54GoodWatch 41
Tomatometer29%
Metascore25
IMDb5.8
User score5.7
Audience score47%
Box office
2.6×its budget
- Budget
- $6 M
- Worldwide
- $15 M
Worldwide it earned $9 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10096Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2000
March 3, 2000
26 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 24
Danny DeVitoChief Wyatt Rash
Bette MidlerMona Dearly
Neve CampbellEllen Rash
Jamie Lee CurtisRona Mace
Casey AffleckBobby Calzone
William FichtnerPhil Dearly
Marcus ThomasJeff Dearly
Peter DobsonLt. Feege Gruber
Kathleen WilhoiteLucinda
Tracey WalterClarence
Will FerrellCubby
Paul Ben-VictorDeputy Tony Carlucci
Paul SchulzeDeputy Jimmy D.
Mark PellegrinoMurph Calzone
Raymond O'ConnorFather Tom Stowick
Lisa RieffelValerie
Robert ArceDoctor Schwartz- BPBrittany PetersonMaria Lasala
- PPPhilip PerlmanCharm Motel Cashier
Melissa McCarthyShirley- JMJason MonkarshBenny
Brian Doyle-MurrayTow Truck Driver
Yul VazquezFrench Instructor
Danielle CamastraWhite Trash Golfer (uncredited)
Directing · 5
- Nick Gomez Director
- John M. Nelson First Assistant Director
- Stacey Holmes Second Second Assistant Director
- Patti Dalzell Script Supervisor
- Wendi Lampassi Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Peter Steinfeld Writer
Production · 15
- Danny DeVito Executive Producer
- Stacey Sher Executive Producer
- Michael Shamberg Executive Producer
- Jonathan Weisgal Executive Producer
- Al Corley Producer
- Bart Rosenblatt Production Manager, Producer
Camera · 6
- Bruce Douglas Johnson Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor
- William Webb Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator
- Rocky Ford Best Boy Grip
- David A. Santos Key Grip
- Peter Sorel Still Photographer
- Bengt Jonsson Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Richard Pearson Editor
- Jeff Kushner Associate Editor, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Mo Henry Negative Cutter
Sound · 22
- Michael Tavera Original Music Composer
- Donald Flick Sound Effects Editor
- Mark Weingarten Production Sound Mixer
- David Lee Fein Foley Artist
- Ken Dufva Foley Artist
- Bryan Pennington Dolby Consultant
Art · 6
- Richard Toyon Production Design
- Andrea Dietrich Storyboard Artist
- Betty Krul Set Designer
- Scott Buckwald Property Master
- Karen Agresti Set Decoration
- Nya Patrinos Leadman
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Terry Dresbach Costume Design
- Angela Johnson Makeup Artist
- Audrey Futterman-Stern Hair Department Head
- Carol Strong Makeup Department Head
- Bega Metzner Key Costumer
- Denise Pugh-Ruiz Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Adam Stern Rotoscoping Artist
- Michael Adkisson Compositing Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- Steve Belsky Gaffer
Other crew · 18
- Cindy Folkerson Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double
- Robert Easton Dialect Coach
- Brian J. Williams Stunt Double
- Dane Farwell Stunt Double
- Jeff Smolek Stunt Double
- Kent W. Luttrell Stunt Double
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