Witless Protection
MPAA Rating: PG-13for crude and sex-related humor
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Primary Audience:
Teens to Adults
Genre:
Comedy, Crime
Length:
1 hr. 37 min.
Year of Release:
2008
USA Release:
February 22, 2008; DVD: June 10, 2008
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Featuring: Eric Roberts, Peter Stormare, Ivana Milicevic, Jenny McCarthy, Larry The Cable Guy, Joe Mantegna, Yaphet Kotto, Lisa Lampanelli, Giota Trakas, Tara Ketterer, Cyn Dulay, Debbi Burns, Emily Margaret Heitzer, Kurt Naebig, James Pusztay, Brittany Boardman, Joseph Luis Caballero, Thomas Craven, Kyle Hillman, Gail Rastorfer, Lynnette Gaza, Perry Crylen, Tommy Bartlett, Rachael Dayne, J. David Moeller, Will Clinger, Steve Christopher, Robert G Beck, Henry Sandifer, Emir Yonzon, Joe Sinopoli, Krista McEnany, Dan Waller, Omar Dykes
Director: Charles Robert Carner
Producer: Alan C. Blomquist, Thomas J. Busch, Maggie Houlehan, Jennifer Novak, J.P. Williams
Distributor: Lionsgate

“Protecting America's assets.”

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Producer’s Synopsis: “During a routine day spent patrolling his small town, sheriff Larry witnesses a beautiful, high-class woman, Madeleine, being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry ‘kidnaps’ her, only to learn that Madeleine is actually a key witness in a high-stakes Chicago crime case and her captors are FBI agents assigned to protect her. Madeleine is furious. But Larry, who rightly suspects the agents are crooked and Madeleine is in danger, forces her on a harebrained trip to Chicago to solve the case himself. Together, the mismatched duo must grapple with angry FBI agents, quack doctors and Chicago high society.”

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Movie Critics

“…Sitcom wackiness…third-grade lunchroom witticisms… the slapstick and action set pieces are lame…”
—Matt Zoller Seitz, The New York Times

“…vulgarity, flatulence, misogyny, racism, sexism, excrement jokes… fails the Three Stooges test of finding hilarity in imbecility…”
—John Anderson, Los Angeles Times

“…he movie is breathtakingly offensive at times… what a pathetic anachronism this guy is…”
—Ethan Alter, Film Journal International

“…a plot that wouldn’t have been fresh on ‘Matlock’ in the 1980s…”
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald

“…Sexual quips compete neck and neck with bodily function gags… Jesus' and God's names are misused several times…”
—PluggedIn

“…harebrained plot… People light their farts, fart in fear and pretend to fart…”
—Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York