Summary
An insane homeless guy turns the world upside down for a blowhard. Tapioca is a funny, raunchy romp, a quirky, comic tale of redemption starring Broadway legend Ben Vereen (Roots), Tim Kazurinsky (Saturday Night Live), Greg Hollimon (Strangers With Candy) and a crazy cast of Second City veterans.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 57GoodWatch 59
Audience score60%
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 34 min
A typical length for comedies, −6 min on the typical 100
typical 10094Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
2009
March 24, 2009
17 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
23 of 23
- MHMike HoulihanPipes
Ben VereenNuts- PHPaddy HoulihanDanny
- NBNoel BaxYoung Man
- BBBill BoehlerMini mart customer
Mark BorchardtHarve- TBTony BrownCasto
- JCJim CarraneMini Mart Clerk
- LCLaura CollinsBlack Lady
- JCJim CragoFrat Boy #2
- SFSteven FlemingAndy Surabe
Greg HollimonHats- EHE.J. HottMoses
- WHWilliam HoulihanRandy
Tim KazurinskyEinstein- JMJack McCabeSt. Peter
Mike McNamaraYuppie on date- MMMichael McNealOats
Turk MullerMayor of the bar- COClayton O'BrienErnie Womback Jr.
David PasquesiLothario- CRChavez RavineOfficer Tina
- JAJason AbustanConvenient Customer (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Paddy Houlihan Director, Writer
- Sarah Schooley Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Mike Houlihan Writer
- Michael McNeal Writer
Production · 9
- William Houlihan Executive Producer
- Vinh Lu Location Manager
- Mike Kwielford Line Producer
- Justin Rainier Other
- Julia H. Levine Other
- Emily Faith Cook Line Producer
Camera · 4
- Joseph R. Fitzgerald Camera Operator
- Carey Borth Still Photographer, Other
- Jason Bonner Camera Operator
- Dan Fischer Grip
Sound · 2
- Zack Rockwood Boom Operator
- Roger Wolski Sound Editor
Art · 3
- Vonzell Scott Production Design
- Connie Shea Art Direction
- Xavier Bush Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Emma Potter Costume Design
- Georgia Jacobs Makeup Artist
- Zsófia Ötvös Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- David Buchanan Visual Effects
Lighting · 2
- Scott Pillsbury Gaffer
- Heath Winn Best Boy Electric
Other crew · 10
- David Samo Stunt Coordinator
- Chris Nolte Stunts
- Aaron Crippen Other
- Matthew Stratton Other, Special Effects
- Cannon Kinnard Second Unit
- Frank Lambert Second Unit
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