Man Of The House
Directed: James Orr
Cast: Art LaFleur, Chevy Chase, David Shiner, Farrah Fawcett, George Wendt,
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Richard Foronjy, Richard Portnow
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Tom and Huck, Pinnochio) portrays an eleven year old boy
who becomes jealous of mom Farrah Fawcett's (Charlie's Angels) new boyfriend
Chevy Chase (Last Action Hero, Fletch) and decides to make his life hell. Thomas
is determined to get Chase out of his and his mother's lives and will stop at no
stupid prank to get the job done. Chase is well meaning and never gives up on
his young charge. In the end after many jokes and laughs they come to an
understanding. The jokes and the story are funny but the attempt by the writer
to add action elements into the story carries things too far and the story gets
out of control and mindlessly dumb. If the relationship between the characters
had been left alone the movie would have been great but the film tries to
include too much and ends up causing the story to become a run-of-the-mill Chevy
Chase flic.
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