Synopsis
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.
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Cast
- Tim AllenTommy
- Sigourney WeaverViki
- Ray LiottaGray
- J.K. SimmonsEd
- Julie BowenChristy
- Kelsey GrammerFrank
- Jeanne TripplehornAngela
- Helen Slayton-HughesGrandma
- Kenton DutyEthan Papadopolous
- Daniel BookoCooper Luboja
- 50
Arizona Republic
A harmless little mess of a movie whose cast you've mostly heard of, including Tim Allen, who also directed. - 50
Variety
Looking and sounding like a second-tier '80s made-for-cabler, Crazy on the Outside is the sort of bland trifle one might watch to kill time during an extended flight. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
With neither the dramatic nor comedic aspects of the story line being remotely convincing, the best efforts of the talented cast go for naught. - 30
L.A. Weekly
Tim Allen returns to lowest-common-denominator comedy as the star of his own ill-advised, irritating directorial debut. - 20
New York Daily News
John Peaslee's Screenwriting 101-style script has merely left everyone floating on their own. - 16
Entertainment Weekly
Each actor appears to have received the script to a different movie, while Allen adds his own directorial touch of sexual vulgarity. - 0
Rolling Stone
Allen screws up his directing debut with a script that smothers his wit in a blanket of bland.