Summary
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 38GoodWatch 40
IMDb5.2
Audience score23%
Running time
1 h 58 min
Longer than most comedies, +18 min on the typical 100
typical 100118Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries
Released
2005
October 11, 2005
21 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 2
- Corbin Bernsen Director, Producer
- Joshua Lou Friedman Second Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Peter Soldinger Writer
Production · 3
- Mike Wittlin Executive Producer
- Shaun Edwardes Producer
- Alisa McCoy Line Producer
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