A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.
Yaffit Hallely
- Woman
- (as Yafit Hallely)
Robert John Burke
- Colonel
- (as Robert Burke)
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- TriviaCharles Grodin's first film role in 13 years.
- GoofsThe bag of burgers is from In-n-Out, which has no franchises anywhere near the scene's setting of Ohio.
- Quotes
Sofia Kowalski: [Abby March makes comment about how Sofia isn't a happy person and Abby thinks it's bad for baby Oliver] You know what I think? You're an idiot. And your son Petey... is a dipshit.
- Crazy credits"Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crockett Johnson is published by HarperCollins, but the credits write it as "Harpers Collins."
- Alternate versionsSPOILER WARNING The version of the film on the Unrated DVD is drastically different than, and is in fact shorter than, the theatrical release. The plot point in which it is revealed that Chip was faking his handicap is never revealed. The following scenes are removed from the film:
- The hospital scene where Oliver is born and named.
- The scene where Tom plays basketball with Chip in a wheelchair.
- The scene between Tom and Chip in the locker room.
- The scene in which Chip reveals he can walk to Tom.
- The scene in which Chip reveals he can walk to Sofia, Wesley and Wesley's father. (This appears as an alternate ending on the DVD)
- The scene in Barcelona where Chip is at the Idea building. However, the Unrated version has several short new scenes including:
- A bizarre dream that Tom has.
- More of Amelia's Spanish speaking.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Spider-Man 3/Lucky You (2007)
- SoundtracksDrinks for Two
Written and Performed by Paul Williams
Published by Cypress Creek Music (ASCAP)/Ocean Ridge Music 1 (SOCAN)
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music
Featured review
I Hate Chip Sanders
Jason Bateman shined in this average comedy featuring Zach Braff and Amanda Peet. Despite being in a wheelchair for the entire movie, Jason Bateman does a fantastic job making the audience despise his character Chip Sanders. Tom Reilly (Braff) moves back to his wife's home town to take a job working with his father-in-law. Despite his nice-guy efforts, co-worker Chip just won't let Tom feel like he's doing anything right. When we discover that Chip is actually Tom's wife's ex, Bateman's performance had me wishing that Zach Braff would strangle Chip in a fit of rage.
Zach Braff plays the likable main character who, just when you start to cheer for him, finds some idiotic way to disappoint you. I expected a little more from Amanda Peet after her hysterical performance in The Whole Nine Yards, but she performed solidly.
Jason Bateman proves in this flick just why he received so much critical acclaim for Arrested Development.
Zach Braff plays the likable main character who, just when you start to cheer for him, finds some idiotic way to disappoint you. I expected a little more from Amanda Peet after her hysterical performance in The Whole Nine Yards, but she performed solidly.
Jason Bateman proves in this flick just why he received so much critical acclaim for Arrested Development.
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- fudz
- Nov 5, 2007
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,093,394
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,394,229
- May 13, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $5,178,640
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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