Summaries

An undercover agent relies on the support of an unstable therapy group while working a sting operation.

An undercover DEA agent almost gets killed, and to continue with his mission he needs to attend group therapy.—Anders Kristensen, Scanbox Entertainment <[email protected]>

On the outside, undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayheaux is cool, calm, in control; inside, he's nervous, fearful, flatulent. He's embedded in a double play to bring down a Colombian cartel and a New York City mob family, but his supervisor won't let him stage an arrest until huge sums of money are on the table. Everyone carries guns, and the NYC negotiator is a sociopath who shoots off the testicle of the cartel leader's lover. A psychiatrist sends Charlie to group therapy, and he starts dating the nurse who gives him an enema at a G.I. clinic. She advocates homeopathic remedies and looking on the bright side. With murder, showdowns, and back-stabbing, can there be a bright side?—<[email protected]>

Liam Neeson and Oliver Platt star with Sandra Bullock in an outrageously offbeat comedy about what happens when a busy undercover cop suddenly loses his legendary nerves of steel. The only way Charlie (Neeson), a respected D.E.A. agent traumatized by a hair-raising run-in with some ruthless gangsters, can do his job is with the embarrassing treatments of an attractive nurse (Bullock) and the questionable psychotherapy provided by a highly unstable support group. And since he's stuck in a deep-cover sting operation until he nabs a wisecracking, trigger-happy Mafia leader who scares him to death (Platt), Charlie can only hope to fake his tough-as-nails image long enough to make this one last bust ... and make it out alive. Loaded with huge stars and big laughs -- you can't miss with this high-caliber comedy hit.

Details

Keywords
  • shootout
  • murder of a police officer
  • ptsd post traumatic stress disorder
  • group therapy
  • colombian
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Romance
Release date Feb 3, 2000
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA
Production companies Hollywood Pictures Fortis Films

Box office

Budget $14000000
Gross US & Canada $1638202
Opening weekend US & Canada $703109
Gross worldwide $3284444

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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