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NUMBERS
Box Office: $108,930
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CONSENSUS
The humor is on the level of a corny sitcom, and the tone is condescending.
CAST & CREW
Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze
Directed by Jordan Brady
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SYNOPSIS
Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, Charlize Theron, and Patrick Swayze star in this redneck road trip comedy that is a twisted mixture of the 1969 wife-swapping classic BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and 1997's VEGAS VACATION. more...
MPAA RATING
R, language and some sexual content
RUNTIME
1 hour, 31 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 25, 2002
Video: Apr 8, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Comedies, Romance, Infidelity, Road Trips, Romances, Couples
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Waking Up in Reno Site
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TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
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PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "While the subject matter is serious, Waking Up In Reno is played (mostly) for laughs, and there are plenty of them."
-- Staci Layne Wilson, FANTASTICA DAILY
 "Put it somewhere between Sling Blade and South of Heaven, West of Hell in the pantheon of Billy Bob's body of work."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment... simultaneously degrades its characters, its stars and its audience."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"I can't begin to tell you how tedious, how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is, and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents..."
-- John J. Puccio, DVDTOWN.COM
"It's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and I think that's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline."
-- Holly McClure, CROSSWALK.COM MOVIES
"There's nothing remotely topical or sexy here."
-- Tom Keogh, SEATTLE TIMES
"Inconsequential road-and-buddy pic."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"It would be disingenuous to call Reno a great film, but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex. This is a movie that is what it is: a pleasant distraction, a Friday night diversion, an excuse to eat popcorn."
-- Forrest Hartman, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
"4 friends, 2 couples, 2000 miles, and all the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer they can drink - it's the ultimate redneck road-trip."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"The whole damn thing is ripe for the Jerry Springer crowd. It's all pretty cynical and condescending, too."
-- Tim Cogshell, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Stupid, infantile, redundant, sloppy, over-the-top, and amateurish. Yep, it's "Waking up in Reno." Go back to sleep."
-- Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
"A strong contender for this year's Razzie sweep."
-- E! ONLINE
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-- DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
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"Everyone's to blame here."
-- Christopher Null, FILMCRITIC.COM
"[Reno] may have a few grating gaps in logic and feels as if a good chunk of its story ended up on the cutting room floor, but there is just enough charm and humor peppered throughout to make it feel as if it wasn't a complete waste of time to sit through."
-- Brian Matherly, DAILY-REVIEWS
"A few zingers aside, the writing is indifferent, and Jordan Brady's direction is prosaic."
-- Glenn Kenny, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
"An extremely unpleasant film."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"It won't harm anyone, but neither can I think of a very good reason to rush right out and see it. After all, it'll probably be in video stores by Christmas, and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies."
-- Ken Hanke, MOUNTAIN XPRESS (ASHEVILLE, NC)
"It’s a movie that ends with Truckzilla, for cryin’ out loud. If that doesn’t clue you in that something’s horribly wrong, nothing will."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"... built on the premise that middle-class Arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"This movie is about lying, cheating, but loving the friends you betray."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
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-- Gary Cogill, WFAA-TV
No review available.
-- James E. Laczkowski, HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP
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ROTTEN 13%
Avg. Rating: 3.8/10 |
"Oozes condescension from every pore."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Offers big, fat, dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in. Ah, what the hell."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Every note rings false."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"I like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material, but they're treading water at best in this forgettable effort."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"Finally coming down off of Miramax's deep shelves after a couple of aborted attempts, Waking Up in Reno makes a strong case for letting sleeping dogs lie."
-- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Nothing in Waking Up in Reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A feature-length, R-rated, road-trip version of Mama's Family."
-- Mark Caro, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"A hillbilly romantic comedy in which the hillbillies show up but the romance and comedy never do."
-- VARIETY
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-- ARIZONA REPUBLIC
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-- ORLANDO WEEKLY
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