If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
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Character
Comic, classical in form, effortless and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
50 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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Cast
- Chris FarleyThomas 'Tommy' Callahan III
- David SpadeRichard Hayden
- Brian DennehyThomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
- Julie WarnerMichelle Brock
- Bo DerekBeverly Barish, aka Beverly Burns
- Rob LowePaul Burns (uncredited)
- Dan AykroydRay Zalinsky
- Sean McCannFrank Rittenhauer
- Zach GrenierTed Reilly
- James BlendickRon Gilmore
Crew
- Peter SegalDirector
- Bonnie TurnerScreenplay
- Terry TurnerWriter
- Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- William KerrEditor
- Lorne MichaelsProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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