Stars: Kelly Lynch, Julie Bowen, James Belushi, Greg Germann, Hayden Panettiere

Director: John Pasquin

Summary: Joe Scheffer finds himself bored with his day to day life. During a 'Take Your Kids to Work Day' he is humiliated by a colleague and decides that it is the last straw, he decides to take control of his life... However, daughter Natalie is not very impressed with her new dad...

Tim Allen reteams with director John Pasquin (THE SANTA CLAUSE) in JOE SOMEBODY. Allen stars as Joe Scheffer, a mild-mannered man who makes promotional videos for a Minneapolis pharmaceutical company. Joe is divorced and quietly unhappy until the office bully, Mark McKinney (Patrick Warburton), punches him out in the company parking lot in front of Joe's precocious young daughter (Hayden Panettiere of REMEMBER THE TITANS). The humiliated Joe sinks into such a deep depression that not even the flirtations of the company's pretty "wellness coordinator" (Julie Bowen) can rouse him. Joe decides to restore his pride by challenging McKinney to a fight, and suddenly finds himself the most popular man in the office. Joe even hires a washed-up action movie star (Jim Belushi in a hilariously grizzled performance) to teach him martial arts. He soon finds that he has to weigh the allure of his newfound popularity against the love and respect of those who liked him the way he was. Screenwriter John Scott Shepherd does a good job of balancing slapstick comedy with touching family drama. Allen shows surprising dramatic range, turning in a strong and sympathetic performance as an emotionally complex and dynamic character.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Feature Length Audio Commentary With Director John Pasquin And Producer Brian Reilly, 4 Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By John Pasquin, Fight Choreography Scaretts Method, Theatrical Trailer, Easter Egg
Year:	2001
Release Date:	June 21, 2004
Runtime:	94 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	22972 D V D
Keywords:	Joe, Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Somebody
Genre:	Comedy