Witless Protection (Full Screen Edition) |  | Director: Charles Robert Carner
Actors: Yaphet Kotto, Joe Mantegna, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Jenny McCarthy
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 50328
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 24180
UPC: 031398241805
EAN: 0031398241805
ASIN: B0017INFMO
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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It's official; Larry the Cable Guy is the new Ernest, and critics be damned. You want smart and sophisticated? Buy The Noel Coward Collection. Larry's a populist from the "I'd rather keep my fans happy" school, and his loyal following will be ecstatic with this film's broad slapstick, what one initially offended character calls "feeble, juvenile, and bigoted" humor, and gross-out bodily function gags (nude body-cavity search, anyone?). Larry portrays a small-town deputy with dreams of becoming an FBI special agent. "I know a criminal when I see one, a rat when I smell one, and a bad moon when it rises," he drawls. When he spies a woman (Ivana Milicevic) in the company of sinister-looking, Men in Black types, he rescues the "damsel in dee-stress." However, she is a government-protected witness en route to Chicago to testify in a sensational trial of Enron proportions. "Are you insane?" she asks him. "No," he replies, "I'm Larry." The film gets plenty of mileage out of their odd coupleness. Her cell-phone ringtone is classical music; his is the theme from Green Acres. She eats salads; he gorges himself on sausage. She's a liberal (who gets off an "impeach Bush" joke) and he bleeds U.S. Red (at one point, the action pauses for a small-town "Support Our Troops" parade). Witless Protection also benefits from some oddball casting. Yaphet Kotto costars as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely (the name of his character in the classic Midnight Run). Peter Stormare, the silent, creepy kidnapper in Fargo, portrays a corrupt businessman with an unaccountable British accent. In a baffling cameo, Joe Mantegna seems to be channeling Strother Martin, while Jenny McCarthy serves up some sass as Larry's waitress girlfriend, nuff said, and a game Eric Roberts is a goon who butts heads with Larry in an epic fight scene. Some jokes are stale (Larry dredges up Regis Philbin's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire catch-phrase), while others are current enough to reference Michael Vick and Angelina Jolie. It is a sign of artistic growth that Larry does not utter his own signature catch-phrase, so we won't either. Witless Protection was released theatrically during Oscar weekend, when Hollywood celebrates supreme achievement in film. This is what is known in the business as counter-programming. --Donald Liebenson
Product Description
A SMALL-TOWN SHERIFF WITNESSES WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A KIDNAPPING & RUSHES TO RESCUE A WOMAN. THE KIDNAPPERS TURN OUT TO BE FBI AGENTS ASSIGNED TO PROTECT HER & DELIVER HER TO A BIG ENRON-TYPE CORRUPTION TRIAL IN CHICAGO BUT ARE LATER FOUND TO BE ON THE TAKE & ARE VILLAINS WHO ARE BENT ON KILLING HER.
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 funny! January 25, 2010
lefty (oklahoma, usa)
larry the cable plays a cop that is clues about how to protect a person in the witness protection program. larry shows his comedy abality in this movie. jennie does not need to be a brounett in this moovie. it is worth sending the money on this movie if you are a fan of larry the cable guy. if you are unsure of if you want to purchase the movie i would rent this movie first. i was usure about this movie and that i went out and rented this movie first and then decided that the movie was funny enough to go out and buy this movie because i a fan of larry's.
Witless protection review January 10, 2010
R. Wilhelmi (Stanley ND)
Well we watched it once and now it does not work so we have no idea what is wrong darn it any way. it was sent and got here when they said it would so that was good, but only working once does not cut it with me.
[Three-and-a-half stars] The best from the (earnstwhile) 'Larry the Cable Guy' stable, yet November 23, 2009
Ricahrd A. Salzer (Chesapeake, Virginia, USA)
An excellent cast (Larry the cable guy, Yaphett Cotto,
Jen McCarthy, more) seem to be having a great time in
this very non-p.c. movie with some great one-liners.
'This makes as much sense as Michael Jackson at a day-
care centre'. 'This sits heavy. Heavier than Michael
Moore after a 'Vegas buffet.' '...Went down faster than
a bottle of vodka @ Courtney Love's house..' You get the
idea. Snappy, crude and fast-paced. The best is yet to
come from Larry. Trust me, I've done over 900+ reviews!
 Really stupid movie October 16, 2009
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
I couldn't finish watching this movie. It was horrible. The jokes were stupid and the acting horrible. Larry the Cable guy tried so hard to act stupid that it just got annoying. Is anybody really that dumb? I realized I had better things to do with my life and turned it off.
Really stupid movie October 16, 2009
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
I couldn't finish watching this movie. It was horrible. The jokes were stupid and the acting horrible. Larry the Cable guy tried so hard to act stupid that it just got annoying. Is anybody really that dumb? I realized I had better things to do with my life and turned it off.
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