Big Stan
2007 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.6 · 16% critics
A small-time con artist panics after learning he’s headed to prison for fraud. With months to prepare, he turns to an unconventional martial-arts teacher and undergoes intense training, hoping to survive behind bars and navigate the strange power dynamics and crude humor that come with prison life.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-11-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 16/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (1,049 votes)
- Box office
- $8,742,330
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
If you enjoy raunchy, over-the-top comedies with a martial-arts twist and lots of prison humor, this may work for you, especially if you like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo; Not for you if you dislike lowbrow jokes or sexual humor.
Pros: silly martial-arts training; memorable mentor dynamic; easy laughs | Cons: crude prison jokes; uneven story focus; hit-or-miss humor
Themes
- prison
- martial arts
- corruption
- anti hero
- fraud
- slapstick comedy
- gang
- cons and scams
- prison life
- prison rape
- joyful
Cast & crew
Rob Schneider
as Big Stan
David Carradine
as The Master
Jennifer Morrison
as Mindy
Scott Wilson
as Warden Gasque
Tsuyoshi Abe
as Dang
Henry Gibson
as Shorts
M. Emmet Walsh
as Lew Popper
Sally Kirkland
as Madame Foreman
Richard Kind
as Mal
Dan Haggerty
as Tubby
Directed by Rob Schneider