Waking Up in Reno (2002)

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Studio: Miramax Films

Rating: R

Release Date: Oct 25, 2002

Running Time: 100 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze, Charlize Theron, Jeanne Karsell, Penélope Cruz, Natasha Richardson, Holmes Osborne, Billy O'Sullivan, Galvin Chapman, Kelsey Chapman

director: Jordan Brady

Meet Roy & Candy and Lonnie Earl & Darlene--two close married couples who thought they knew one another, until they decided to take their dream vacation together. Now, they're hitting the road in a brand new, fully loaded SUV--and having the time of their lives--until a funny thing happens on the way to the Monster Truck Show in Reno, Nevada. Lonnie Earl, it seems, has a thing for Candy and when evidence of this starts to surface, this fun-filled road trip really heats up.

January 31, 2002

Waking Up In Reno offers big, fat, dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in. Ah, what the hell. The whole cast, directed by Jordan Brady with no restraint, is slumming. That's Billy Bob Thornton as Lonnie Earl, a good ol' Arkansas boy married to Darlene (Natasha Richardson) but cheating on her with Candy (Charlize Theron), the wife of his best bud, Roy (Patrick Swayze). When the two couples cram into an SUV to catch the monster-truck show in Reno, Nevada, the jokes come down and…