Taglines: He survived three years of hard time. Now comes a little family time.
Tommy has spent time in prison and now wants to have a second chance. He lives with his sister but then moves out to complete two missions. With the help of his probation office, he lands a temporary job and soon finds his old flame. He still is feelings for her. His old friend, who put him in prison, wants him to join him in his latest scheme.
Tommy (Tim Allen) is fresh out of prison and ready for a second chance in life. Enter his loving sister Vicki (Sigourney Weaver), her cynical husband Ed (J.K. Simmons) and their family. Tommy moves in with them, and when it comes to explaining to Grandma Tommy’s whereabouts for the last three years, the truth-challenged Vicky has the answer: “He’s been in France!”
With Grandma now speaking only French to Tommy and sporting a beret, Tommy is determined to flee Vicki’s house and complete the two missions closest to his heart: One, to revive his late father’s business and two, to re-connect with his old flame Christy (Julie Bowen). Tragically Christy died in an accident. Or so says sister Viki.
Report to his by-the-book probation office Angela (Jeanne Tripplehorn) Tommy lands a temporary job in a popular fast-food chain, Pirate Burger, where not only is he forced to dress up like something resembling Captain Hook’s younger brother, but he catches a fleeting glimpse of a beautiful departing customer who looks exactly like – Christy!
“Pirate” Tommy chases the woman down to discover, that indeed, it is Christy, very much alive – and engaged to be married. But that doesn’t stop her from throwing herself into Tommy’s arms, until their blissful reunion in interrupted by Christy’s current fiancee, Frank an electronic story magnate.
Viki strikes again! But she only liked to her brother about Christy’s demise to protect him from the news of Christy’s nuptials. Then again who can protect him from his old “friend” Gray (Ray Liotta) whose video piracy operation is the reason Tommy went to jail in the first place. Gray is back on the move and trying to lure Tommy into a new scheme – and Gray isn’t somebody who takes no for aqn answer. And while Tommy would like nothing more than to come clean to probation officer Angela, the last thing he wants to do is raise her suspicions – especially since he might be falling in love with her.
With time running out and Gray’s get rich scheme advancing forward, Tommy finds himself caught between Viki who will use anything from her vast repertoire of exaggerations to save her brother, and Angela the woman he loves who also happens to enforce the law. Add to this the rest of Tommy’s adoring family that is as supportive of him as they are blind to the facts and Tommy will discover that he only way to win is to be true to what’s inside you, especially when it’s…Crazy on the Outside.
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
Directed by: Tim Allen
Starring: Tim Allen, Ray Liotta, Carrie-Anne Moss, Julie Bowen, Kelsey Grammer, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sigourney Weaver, J.K. Simmons, Daniel Booko, Karle Warren, Robert Baker, Kelsey Grammer
Screenplay by: Judd Pillot, John Peaslee
Production Design by: Robert Pearson
Cinematography by: Robbie Greenberg
Film Editing by: Scott Conrad
Costume Design by: Valerie Laven-Cooper
Set Decoration by: Ronald R. Reiss
Art Direction by: Timmy Hills
Music by: David Newman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language.
Studio: Boxing Cat Films
Release Date: January 8, 2010