Darren Silverman, Wayne Le Fessier and J.D. McNugent have been best friends since the fifth grade. From grade school (when they were all picked on), to high school (when Wayne played on the football squad, J.D. was the team's mascot and Darren was its star cheerleader), to today (rocking side by side in "Diamonds in the Rough", their Neil Diamond cover band), these guys have always stuck together. Now, enter Judith, a great-looking but cold-hearted and manipulative psychiatrist who digs her claws into sweet-natured Darren, snatches him from the friendship and even breaks up the band. First, J.D. and Wayne attempt to distract Darren by reuniting him with his high school love, Sandy, who in only a short time plans to take her religious vows and become a nun. But the stranglehold Judith has on Darren is too strong. In a desperate and hilarious last-ditch attempt to save their friend from Judith's grip - and after receiving some ill-advised help from their take-no-prisoners high school football coach - Wayne and J.D. kidnap Judith and fake her death, leaving Darren free to fall for Sandy. Judith, however, doesn't stay down for long. Demonstrating cunning and kick-ass karate moves that leave her captors in the dust, Judith escapes and pulls Darren back under her control. But just before the contentious couple takes their wedding vows, a hero arrives in an unexpected form - Neil Diamond, who is recruited by J.D. and Wayne to help save the day.
Production Columbia Pictures Corporation; NPV Entertainment; Original Film; Village Roadshow Pictures;
Cast Names Steve Zahn; Jack Black; Jason Biggs; Amanda Peet; Amanda Detmer; R. Lee Ermey; Neil Diamond; Kyle Gass; Norman Armour; Colin Foo; Chris Logan; Esme Lambert; Max Fomitchev; Tony Parsons; Brett Armstrong; Patrick Pfrimmer; Frank L. Frazier; Andrew McIlroy; Oscar Goncalves; Lillian Carlson; Eli Ranger; Ivan Jurcev; Devin Douglas Drewitz; Carly McKillip; Carla Boudreau; Phil Trasolini; David Neale; Mary Ann Skoll; Biski Gugushe; Gus Lynch; Mark Aaron Wagner; Steven McMichael; Larry Lam; Stephen Chang; Eliza Murbach; Blake Stovin; Brittany Moldowan; Katlyn Ducharme; Michael Roberds; Frank Hache;
Box Office USD 19,351,569
Release Date 2001-02-07 (premiere) 2001-02-09
Genres Comedy; Romance; Crime;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, and thematic
material. Rated R for sexual content and language. (video version)
Running Time 1 hr. 30 min. 1 hr. 32 min. 1 hr. 33 min. (special edition) 1 hr. 36 min. (R-rated version)