Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 02/10/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video
This film is based on
The Stupids series of children's books by
Harry Allard and
James Marshall, which are about a family that takes things very, very literally. In this film, the Stupids attempt to discover what happens to the garbage that disappears from their lawn every week (they think it has been stolen) and accidentally save the world. The father, Stanley (
Tom Arnold), goes undercover posing as a tree and unknowingly stumbles into an international arms-smuggling scheme. He believes that the garbage theft is perpetrated by his old enemy from the Post Office, "Sender" (
Christopher Lee). His absence worries his equally befuddled children, who go looking for him. Meanwhile he is chased by both the weapons smugglers and beings from outer space. Directed by
John Landis, known for his hit films
Trading Places and
The Blues Brothers.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide