Big Stan

Big Stan
Big Stan
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Rob Schneider
Written by	Josh Lieb
Produced by	John Schneider; Mark A.Z. Dippé; Rob Schneider; David Hillary; Timothy Wayne Peternel;
Starring	Rob Schneider; Jennifer Morrison; Scott Wilson; Henry Gibson; Richard Kind; Sally Kirkland; Jackson Rathbone; M. Emmet Walsh; David Carradine; ;
Cinematography	Victor Hammer
Edited by	Richard Halsey
Music by	John Hunter; John Debney (themes)
Production; companies	Crystal Sky Pictures; Silver Nitrate; From Out of Nowhere Productions;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release dates	November 5, 2007 (KBS Premiere Pictures Festival); March 24, 2009 (United States);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million
Box office	$8.7 million

Big Stan is a 2007 American prison comedy film starring, produced and directed by Rob Schneider in his directorial debut^[2] with the rest of the cast consisting of Jennifer Morrison, Scott Wilson, Henry Gibson, Richard Kind, Sally Kirkland, Jackson Rathbone, M. Emmet Walsh and David Carradine. . This film was Gibson's final role before his death in 2009.

Although released in some markets during the fall of 2008, it was released straight to DVD in the U.S. on March 24, 2009. It debuted at number 17 on the DVD rental charts of March 23–30, 2009.

Plot[]

Stan Minton (Rob Schneider) is a wealthy real estate con artist, married to Mindy (Jennifer Morrison). One day, he is found guilty of conning elderly people out of their savings. His lawyer Mal (Richard Kind) defends him at the trial. Upon being found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison, he's given 6 months by Judge Perry (Richard Riehle) to get his affairs in order. Stan's fear of jailhouse rape strains his marriage to Mindy and leads him to hire the mysterious guru known as "The Master" (David Carradine) who helps transform him into a martial-arts expert.

During his incarceration, Stan befriends an elderly inmate named Larry who is serving a life sentence for murdering his partner. Stan also befriends a sympathetic prison guard named Bullard (Kevin Gage), and learns more about the cliques and gang activities formed inside the prison. He then uses his new-found skills to bring peace and harmony to the prison yard by intimidating his fellow inmates into preventing them from harming each other. With this, peace is restored in the prison and Stan gains their respect, eventually becoming their leader. However, the corrupt warden Gasque (Scott Wilson) has plans to force its closure with a riot, and sell off the property as valuable real estate. Stan helps him with the real estate aspects in exchange for early parole, however his peacemaking efforts threaten the warden's plan for a riot and he is persuaded to bring back violence.

In a last minute attack of conscience, he deliberately blows the parole hearing to rush back and prevent the deaths of his fellow inmates, only to discover that his message of peace has sunk in and the prisoners are dancing instead of fighting. Warden Gasque orders the guards to open fire on the dancing men. When they refuse, he grabs a gun in front of the Board of Governors and shoots wildly. Warden Gasque attempts to shoot Stan, but he is stopped by Mindy and the Master, who had snuck in. Stan was surprised that the Master had trained Mindy during his incarceration.

Three years later, Stan leaves the prison which is now run by Bullard while Gasque becomes the new inmate following his arrest for his illegal activities and also in jail is his crooked attorney Lew Popper. Stan is met by his wife, his young daughter Mindy Jr., and the Master outside the prison. While the Master has become Mindy Jr.'s nanny, Stan is annoyed that he has been smoking near her.

Cast[]

Rob Schneider as "Big" Stan Minton, a rich real estate con artist.
Jennifer Morrison as Mindy Minton, Stan's wife.
Scott Wilson as Francis Gasque, a corrupt prison warden who seeks to get the prison closed down so that he can sell the land.
Henry Gibson as inmate Larry or "Shorts", an inmate who Stan befriends.
Richard Kind as Mal, Stan's lawyer.
Sally Kirkland as Madame Foreman, a jury member that finds Stan guilty.
Jackson Rathbone as Robbie the hippie, former drug dealer inmate.
M. Emmet Walsh as Lew Popper, a corrupt lawyer.
David Carradine as The Master, a martial arts guru that trains Stan to survive prison.
as Big Haa, an inmate.
Marcia Wallace as Alma.
Diego Corrales as Julio.
Randy Couture as Carnahan.
Don Frye as Nation Member.
as Guard Piken.
Lil Rob as Inmate.
Brandon T. Jackson as Deshawn, an inmate.
Olivia Munn as Maria, a secretary.
as Mrs. Darby, an old lady that Stan tried to con.
Richard Riehle as Judge Perry, a judge that presides over Stan's trial.
Kevin Gage as Bullard, a sympathetic prison guard.
Dan Inosanto as Prison Chef
Bob Sapp as Big Raymond, a tough inmate.
Tsuyoshi Abe as Dang, Vietnamese Mafia, one of the Master's students.
Ahman Green as Lee Otis, former bank robber inmate.
as Patterson, leader of the Nazis Gang.
Buddy Lewis as Cleon, leader of Black Gang.
as Juanito, leader of Mexicans Gang.
Megan Cavanagh as a Parole Board member.
Dan Haggerty as the ex-con and gay.
as Mindy Jr., Stan and Mindy's daughter.

Rob Schneider's mother Pilar cameos as one of the Board of Governors. Wes Takahashi, former animator and visual effects supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic, makes a cameo appearance as a bartender.^[3]

Reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 11% based on reviews from 9 critics (1 positive, 8 negative), with an average rating of 3.00/10.^[4]

Julie Rigg of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was highly critical of the rape-based humor, and concluded " I wasted two valuable hours of my life on Big Stan—don't make the same mistake."^[5] Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, Paul Byrnes asked "If there's been a clumsier, dumber, more casually put together collection of badly timed gags, racial stereotypes and lazy performances this year, I have yet to see it...How could [Schneider] be in so many movies over a 20-year career and learn so little about making a movie?"^[6] Brian Orndorf of DVDTalk.com called it "a forgettable, unfunny waste of time". He criticized the "unrelenting" repetition of rape jokes, but believed that Schneider acted the character's fear of rape convincingly.^[7]

MovieHole rated it 3.5 out of 5 and called it Schneider's best film since The Hot Chick.^[8]

References[]

^ "Big Stan". Box Office Mojo.
^ Dawtrey, Adam (18 May 2007). "MGM is big on Sky's 'Big Stan'". Variety.
^ "Subject: Wes Ford Takahashi". Animators' Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Big Stan (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^ Rigg, Julie (November 27, 2008). "Big Stan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
^ Byrne, Paul (November 29, 2008). "Big Stan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
^ Brian Orndorf. "Big Stan". DVD Talk.
^ Clint, Caffeinated (6 November 2008). "Big Stan". Moviehole.net.^{[dead link]}

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External links[]

Big Stan at IMDb
Big Stan at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Big Stan". Box Office Mojo.

[2] Dawtrey, Adam (18 May 2007). "MGM is big on Sky's 'Big Stan'". Variety.

[3] "Subject: Wes Ford Takahashi". Animators' Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[4] "Big Stan (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[5] Rigg, Julie (November 27, 2008). "Big Stan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

[6] Byrne, Paul (November 29, 2008). "Big Stan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

[7] Brian Orndorf. "Big Stan". DVD Talk.

[8] Clint, Caffeinated (6 November 2008). "Big Stan". Moviehole.net.^{[dead link]}

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