Plot
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on - his boss's daughter...

Release Year: 2003

Rating: 4.4/10 (14,261 voted)

Director: David Zucker

Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Andy Richter

Storyline
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on - his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission. And he also has to deal with the daughter's older brother, who's on the run from local drug dealers.

Cast:
Mark Aisbett - Commuter
Ashton Kutcher - Tom Stansfield
Jon Abrahams - Paul
Tara Reid - Lisa Taylor
Molly Shannon - Audrey Bennett
Terence Stamp - Jack Taylor
Andy Richter - Red Taylor
Tyler Labine - Spike
Michael Madsen - T.J.
Ryan Zwick - Delivery Boy
Patrick Cranshaw - Old Man
Angela Little - Sheryl
David Koechner - Speed
Carmen Electra - Tina
Ron Selmour - Darryl (as Ronald Selmour)

Taglines: There are some things you just don't do.

Official Website: Buena Vista Home Entertainment |

Release Date: 22 August 2003

Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office Details

Budget: $14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $4,855,798 (USA) (24 August 2003) (2201 Screens)

Gross: $18,191,005 (Worldwide)

Runtime: 86 min  | USA: 90 min (R-rated version)

Trivia:
The 16 March 2001 draft of the screenplay lists David Zucker and Peter Tilden as writers. Tilden is not credited in the final film and Zucker only receives a directing credit.

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the mice escape and are running across the floor, they do not look like live animals. They have no legs, only run in a straight line, and their tails don't move.

Quotes:
Audrey Bennett: Speed, tell Tom about Kennedy's assassination. This is so cool, Tom, Speed knows who killed JFK. No ask him, Tom, ask him! Ask him who killed him!
Tom Stansfield: Alright, alright. Who killed JFK?
Speed: Desi... Arnaz.
[Tom sees a mouse running loose, runs away to catch it]
Speed: [to Audrey] His life just changed.

ridiculous

Rating: 1/10

This film was terrible. I thought it would be OK but it just got worse and worse. From the starting scenes it seems to be heading in the direction of another safe predictable rom-com, but the moment he arrives at the house it just disintegrates. None of the characters have any depth and the only person who was anywhere near believable was Tom, although the way he became so easily distracted just annoyed me after a while. The dialogue is ridiculous and the structure of the film almost completely non-existent. In an insulting attempt at comedy the writer/director introduces a new character or event in practically every scene, none of which are realistic, making it very confusing to keep track of what is going on. The plot is barely an excuse for a movie : guy likes girl, house sits fathers home to get to know girl, destroys house, gets girl. A complete waste of time.

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