Man of the House (2005)

8% of critics liked it
(62 reviews)
58% of users liked it
(60,058 ratings)

Directed by Stephen Herek, Man of the House follows hard-nosed Texas Ranger Lt. Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) in an undercover job as a cheerleading coach. Though his assignment is fairly cut-and-dried -- after witnessing the murder of a federal informant, a group of cheerleaders from the… More Directed by Stephen Herek, Man of the House follows hard-nosed Texas Ranger Lt. Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) in an undercover job as a cheerleading coach. Though his assignment is fairly cut-and-dried -- after witnessing the murder of a federal informant, a group of cheerleaders from the University of Texas need temporary protection -- he ends up forming a variety of unexpected and decidedly less simple relationships. Aside from his immersion into the struggles and triumphs of the UT cheerleading squad (Monica Keena, Kelli Garner, Christina Milian, Paula Garces, and Vanessa Ferlito), Roland finds himself dealing with a strong attraction to college professor Molly McCarthy (Anne Archer). Formerly titled Cheer Up, Man of the House also features supporting performances from Brian Van Holt, Shea Whigham, and Paget Brewster. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Stephen Herek
Written By: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Feb 25, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Jul 19, 2005
Studio: Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
The image that best sums up this dismal comedy is Cedric the Entertainer cringing over a cell phone that's been hidden in a cow's rectum.
Chris Tamarri, Village Voice
None of the girls are demonstrably embarrassed to be in the film, which speaks to either their work ethic or their poor taste.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
I venture that this is not what we really want from Tommy Lee Jones.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
It's got a lot of small movies bouncing around inside it, but there's no big movie on the outside.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Though there isn't much to recommend Man of the House, there's really no reason to warn people off of it, either.
Debra Birnbaum, New York Post
Mindless, vapid fare.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Not too much to cheer about in this lame movie.
, Empire Magazine
Anyone who's ever built a shrine to Tommy Lee Jones may enjoy this -- but it would take several troops of cheerleaders to muster up enthusiasm from anyone else.
Anna Smith, Time Out
This makes an even worse job of its premise than you might expect, leaving it to the usual sidekick, Cedric the Entertainer, to provide the occasional laugh as a convict-turned-holy man.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
The highlights, or at least breaks from the tedium, come from Cedric The Entertainer.
Michael Szymanski, Wordmag.com
Tommy Lee Jones makes a career low...
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Há duas ou três piadinhas que funcionam, mas Tommy Lee Jones parece deslocado e a direção aposta demais nos corpos - fabulosos, é verdade - de suas atrizes.
Brent Simon, Now Playing Magazine
Dispiriting and listless...
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
Yes, boys and girls, this is a comedy that, in the year 2005, thinks a montage set to Right Said Fred's greatest hit would be hysterical.
James Plath, Movie Metropolis
Despite the Stetson, Man of the House is old-hat, and you'd better check your sense of reality at the door.
Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Man of the House is an amiable trifle that might be a guilty pleasure if it were better.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
Essentially, then, the film is an excuse for Tommy Lee Jones to do his craggy hard man act in a house full of scantily-clad cheerleaders.

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Dead A

Tommy Lee doesn't really go with comedy (in my opinion) but this movie wasn't that bad. It has some good laughs. And man those cheerleaders are so stupid. Are they really like that in real life? Oh well.
Richard C

C-
Chris G

Plot: Tommy Lee Jones=Texas Ranger (stretch). Longhorn cheerleaders= murder witnesses. Tommy Lee Jones + murder witnesses = hilarity when worlds collide. Paper thin plot that fails miserably. Thank god he followed this up with No Country For Old Men or I would have to call him Cuba.… More
Plot: Tommy Lee Jones=Texas Ranger (stretch). Longhorn cheerleaders= murder witnesses. Tommy Lee Jones + murder witnesses = hilarity when worlds collide. Paper thin plot that fails miserably. Thank god he followed this up with No Country For Old Men or I would have to call him Cuba. A pure shit sandwich kids.
Film C

i like this movie its good funny and worth a watch
Dean M

Fabulous and laugh-out-loud comedy with Tommy Lee Jones and five perky cheerleaders. Jones' performance is much funniest as Texas Ranger who's on his toughtest assignment to protect sexy and hottest five cheerleaders as the witnesses of the murder of a drug bust informant.… More
Fabulous and laugh-out-loud comedy with Tommy Lee Jones and five perky cheerleaders. Jones' performance is much funniest as Texas Ranger who's on his toughtest assignment to protect sexy and hottest five cheerleaders as the witnesses of the murder of a drug bust informant. He acts like a father figure to these girls.
EightThirty .

Pretty funny, Pretty girls...Pretty good movie ^_^
Dean !

I'm not sure about Tommy Lee Jones doing this type of comedy. He has to babysit a bunch of high maintenace cheerleaders after they witness a murder, who are more concerned about their make-up and dance moves. A silly comedy with a few laughs due to this pairing of total… More
I'm not sure about Tommy Lee Jones doing this type of comedy. He has to babysit a bunch of high maintenace cheerleaders after they witness a murder, who are more concerned about their make-up and dance moves. A silly comedy with a few laughs due to this pairing of total opposites.
Roy G

The few moments of sharp humour in this film just aren't quite enough to make it work.
Yinalí R

This movie was awesome, and very funny.
Sylvester K

melodramatic and just dead boring. Offers nothing new, except some hot chicks making it a chick flick
Lee K

not bad for a comedy starring tommy lee jones, some funny moments