Crazy on the Outside

Crazy on the Outside (2010)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 28% of users liked it
    (3,186 ratings)

Fresh out of prison and eager to start a new life, ambitious ex-con Tommy (Tim Allen) plots to revive the family business and rekindle the romance with his ex-flame, only to discover that life as a free man can be even tougher than life on the inside. In order to get back on his feet, Tommy moves in… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Judd Pillot, John Peaslee
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 8, 2010 Wide
Freestlye Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • A.O. Scott, At the Movies

    I just get bored thinking about it.

  • Michael Phillips, At the Movies

    Terrible, terrible.

  • Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

    Allen's forced approach to Judd Pillot and John Peaslee's Screenwriting 101-style script has merely left everyone floating on their own.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Allen screws up his directing debut with a script that smothers his wit in a blanket of bland.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    Tim Allen's directorial debut, a strained comedy drama about an ex-con trying to go straight, isn't nearly crazy enough.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    It was ok, wasn't that bad. Tim Allen directed this movie, he should stay only in front of the camera instead of been behind it too. A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars… More

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, J.K. Simmons, Julie Brown, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ray Liotta, Kelsey Grammer DIRECTED BY: Tim Allen It's about a man named Tommy who went away to prison for three yrs. after taking full responsibility for a crime he and his more dangerous partner… More

  • Deb S


    Tommy (Tim Allen) is released from prison after serving a three year sentence stint for video piracy and returns home to his chronic liar of a sister Vicky, (Sigourney Weaver) who told his grandmother that he's been in France all this time, to spare her the real story. Vicky… More

  • Jim W


    Tim Allen stars as Tommy, a man who has just been released from prison, to find out that his sister (Sigourney Weaver) has told their grandmother that he was in France. His sister also lied about his ex girlfriend (Julie Bowen) dieing in a horrible car accident. Bowen is now… More

  • Movee C


    A different side of Allen is revealed in his directorial debut. Tim plays a more mature, serious character which contributes to the monotony of the film. Boredom is met with a few jokes but overall it lacks the needed ingredients on the outside as well as inside of a successful big… More

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