Out Cold (2001)
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8% of critics liked it
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82% of users liked it
(46,738 ratings)
Four wacky guys take on a pack of rich stuffed shirts (does this premise sound at all familiar?) in this broad comedy. Rick (Jason London) is a slobby but good-natured snowboarder who is mending a broken heart after splitting up with Anna (Caroline Dhavernas), a girl he met while on vacation in… More Four wacky guys take on a pack of rich stuffed shirts (does this premise sound at all familiar?) in this broad comedy. Rick (Jason London) is a slobby but good-natured snowboarder who is mending a broken heart after splitting up with Anna (Caroline Dhavernas), a girl he met while on vacation in Mexico. Rick has headed back to Bull Mountain, AK, where he and his buddies Luke (Zach Galifianakis), Anthony (Flex Alexander), and Pig Pen (Derek Hamilton) spend their days riding the slopes and their nights partying hard. Rick and his pals hope to someday open a hangout for fellow boarders, but after Papa Muntz, the city's founder and largest landowner, passes on, his son Ted (Willie Garson) sells most of his property to John Majors (Lee Majors), a wealthy but pompous developer who wants to convert Bull Mountain into Snownook, an upscale ski resort catering to yuppies. Determined to keep Bull Mountain safe for like-minded burnouts and radical skiers, Rick and the gang declare war against Majors and his associates, though Rick feels a bit conflicted by the fact that John is Anna's father -- and his daughter is tagging along with her father as he relocates to Alaska. Anna, however, has a rival for Rick's attention, as Jenny (A.J. Cook), a cute ski bum, has shown her interest in him. Out Cold was the first feature film from sibling directorial team Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy, who previously worked in television commercials and created several snowboarding videos. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy
- Written By
- Jon Zack
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Nov 21, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Distribution Compa
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
As if to justify a serious discussion of this comedy before dissing it, some reviewers have pointed out that it evokes Casablanca.
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, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Its only redeeming value is the killer snowboarding scenes.
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Don Irvine, Globe and Mail
Funnier than Woody Allen's last four movies, more exciting than Tarkovski's The Sacrifice, Out Cold will play best if your first legal beer is still far enough into the future to seem a vision of the promised land.
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Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly
The result is so derivative, they should've called it Eskimo Pie.
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Basically a low-rent remake of the 1984 low-rent teenage sex comedy Hot Dog ... The Movie.
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Cast
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Jason London
as Rick
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Lee Majors
as John Majors
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Willie Garson
as Ted Muntz
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Zach Galifianakis
as Luke
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David Koechner
as Stumpy
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Flex Alexander
as Anthony
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A.J. Cook
as Jenny
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David Denman
as Lance
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Caroline Dhavernas
as Anna
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Derek Hamilton
as Pig Pen
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Thomas Lennon
as Eric
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Victoria Silvstedt
as Inga
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Lewis Arquette
as Papa Muntz
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Todd Richards
as Barry
