For Richer or Poorer

PG-13

Released Dec 12, 1997

1h 55m

Comedy

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13%

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23 Reviews

46%

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25,000+ Ratings

Brad Sexton (Tim Allen) and his wife, Caroline (Kirstie Alley), are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Neither [Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley] nor the competent cast can overcome the formulaic script by Jana Howington and Steve Lukanic or the humdrum direction by Bryant Spicer.

Aug 8, 2019

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Kirstie Alley and Tim Allen are shallow New York socialites on the verge of divorce who become tax-fraud fugitives and pretend to be simple Amish folk. Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert they're not.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 9, 2018

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: D

Sep 7, 2011

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley show their customary skill with comedy, but they can not overcome the ho-hum directing and script.

Rated: C-

Jan 10, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Despite its Amish setting, this laborious comedy proves to be witless rather than Witness.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 10, 2021

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 11, 2005

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Audience Member

This was a classic comedy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Michael S

Aside from being both painfully unfunny and predictable, it commits one other cardinal sin: gross misuse of Larry Miller (underutilized and, when he is onscreen, not funny).

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Andrew P

It's a serviceable movie. By no means great, but the critics are far to cynical for aivie like this.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Matthew B

Great comedy that is there for the laughs. It doesn't try to take itself seriously and it does a fantastic job. One of our go to favorites!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/14/23

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Stephanie A

I love this movie! Don't over look this movie just give it a try.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Steve D

A film as likable as its leads.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/23

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Synopsis

Brad Sexton (Tim Allen) and his wife, Caroline (Kirstie Alley), are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.

Director: Bryan Spicer
Producer: Jonathan Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg
Screenwriter: Jana Howington, Steve LuKanic
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Sheinberg Productions, Universal Pictures, The Bubble Factory, Yorktown Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.6M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm

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