Tony Kruk Movies
In this satirical comedy, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) has a beautiful wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and a four-month old son, and on the surface his life is good. But something's been troubling him: Mel knows he was adopted, and he can't resolve his issues with the mother who gave him away years ago, much to the annoyance of his adoptive parents (George Segal and Mary Tyler Moore). Mel decides it's time he met his birth parents and resolved his feelings once and for all, and Tina (Tea Leoni), a psychology student, has offered to tag along to capture the event on video for a research project. But after a few minutes with Mel's "real" mother, they discover that a mistake has been made and they've been directed to the wrong person. A second meeting, this time with Mel's supposed dad, also turns out to be a mistake, and it's quite some time before Mel, Nancy, and Tina are finally face to face with Mel's biological parents -- a pair of burned-out hippies (played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin) who support themselves by dealing blotter acid daubed onto pictures of Ronald Reagan. It doesn't help that Mel finds himself attracted to the very leggy Tina, or that Nancy's head is turned by a bisexual ATF agent (Josh Brolin). Writer/director David O. Russell previously made a splash with his independent debut feature, 1994's Spanking the Monkey. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, (more)
Terry (Peter Byrne) has a lot of responsibilities. Ever since his mother left his father, his dad has been drinking his sorrows away, and Terry has to prop him up and somehow keep him going. Besides that, Terry is hopelessly in love with adolescent prostitute Lyrica (Melissa Duge), and wants to rescue her from her pimping thug of a boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Griffiths). In order to keep food on the table, Terry sells stolen goods for local hoods and delivers drugs to local dealers. His dad uses the money Terry brings in to search for his missing wife. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Byrne, Melissa Duge, (more)
Murderous high school babes entrap the fellas. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Debi Thibeault, Karen Nielsen, (more)
In this comedy, a broccoli-shaped alien named Eoj (Carmine Capobianco) lives on the planet Crowak, which is populated entirely by vegetable life forms. When Eoj wins a two-week trip to Earth, he transforms himself into a silver-suited gigolo and heads off to Prospect, Connecticut to bed as many Earth women as he can. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carmine Capobianco, Debi Thibeault, (more)
- 1985
The foibles of bad TV are meant to be the fuel that fires this routine comedy, but it is rather a low-octane mix. Two high schoolers, Paul (Adam Nathan) and Donna (Julie Hanlon) steal a camera and run away to work in Paul's father's TV station -- where their kleptomania continues. Their supervisor is out of any mental bounds, and after several offshoots in many directions the couple decides to form a terrorist group to clear the airwaves of pollution. By then, the various offshoots have grown into a tangled underbrush that takes a heroic and long, discursive effort to trim into an ending. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adam Nathan, Julie Hanlon, (more)
