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Waking Up in Reno | Year: 2001 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Jordan Brady Actors/Actresses: - Brent Briscoe - Natasha Richardson - Patrick Swayze - Billy Bob Thornton - Charlize Theron Perfectly Cast It was great to see Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson and Billy Bob Thornton team up for this film. For some reason, magic maybe, their personal mannerisms make this fun flick feel like an honest-to-gosh Reality show. You might call them hillbilly's, a small southern town where a man in a real man, a real man being demeaning toward his wife, their income dependent on a couple of small, mom-pop businesses and then there is the very close living between couples. A little too close, as it turns out. Awake And Laughing. Waking Up In Reno is everything it's cracked up to be. Patrick Swayze takes on a role most of us have never seen him in - soft and somewhat dim-witted, gentle, and quite lovable. Charlize Theron plays the wife he is trying to impregnate. Billy Bob Thornton is a car salesman, and somewhat of a jerk in the film - but manages to remain oddly likable anyhow. Thornton's wife is portrayed by Natasha Richardson - a housewife with some issues of her own. These four quirky redneck friends decide to take a trip to Reno for a monster truck show and some much-needed vacation time. Along the way there are side-splitting laughs galore and a very dysfunctional good time. This is Jerry Springer meets Road Trip and the result is a ball of fun! You'll find yourself actually wanting to watch this one more than once - a strange sort of "feel good" movie - easily one of my favorites. Only Billy Bob It is not hard to imagine why it took so long for this movie to be released. It's not very good and the story has nothing new or worthwile about it. There must have been more stories about couples sleeping with the other in the other couple. Billy Bob Thornton is worth seeing in this movie, playing a second-hand car dealer. Charlize Theron isn't bad as Patrick Swayze's wife. It is rather fun hearing Swayze talk with a southern accent. If you have too much money or a Billy-Bob obsession you can get it, but I would what until it's on television. Buy Waking Up In Reno at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Waking Up In Reno Search with the Priority Search Engine on Waking Up In Reno This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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