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I <3 Huckabees

Fox / Year: 2004

DVD Dual Special Edition More Info Special Edition Close Caption: Yes Region Code: 1 UPC: 024543169611 Catalog #: DD2079173 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$17.99 (10% off) List Price: $19.99
DVD Dual More Info Dual Close Caption: Yes Region Code: 1 UPC: 024543169482 Catalog #: DV2079172 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$13.49 (10% off) List Price: $14.99

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Skinopsis

An environmental activist (Jason Schwartzman) enlists the help of two existential detectives (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin) to help solve a series of coincidences; rival detective Isabelle Huppert shows up just in time for a crazy sex scene. Special Edition includes over 20 deleted scenes.

Review

If Charlie Kaufman has created a surreal new genre of screenwriting, then Russell's verbally dense comedy might be the first outside entry. Following a roughly linear dream logic, the plot begins with a frustrated poetaster/activist (Schwartzman) who retains two "existential detectives" (the wonderful Hoffman and Tomlin) to solve a series of coincidences. This leads to, among other things, confrontations with his old corporate partner (Law), an affair with a rival existentialist (Huppert), a friendship with an oil-hating fireman (the scene-stealing Wahlberg), and stories about Shania Twain eating chicken salad. It's essentially a series of riffs on issues close to cowriter/director Russell's heart (from philosophy to the environment), with occassional forays into screwball farce that he's already proven expert in (the climax, taking place entirely in an elevator, lies somewhere between A Night at the Opera and My Dinner with Andre). The whole film isn't quite up to the task, however; a recurring visual motif of disconnected matter is flat and uninspired, the pace flags in the midsection, and the rare vulgar gags are shockingly out of place. Still, it's an uplifting and entertaining adult comedy, where the humor is elevated by the flurry of smart ideas rather than being buried under them.

-- David Gorgos

Product Format Information

DVD Dual: $17.99 (Special Edition)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 024543169611
Catalog #: DD2079173

Studio : Fox

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital 2.0 , Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35, Pan & Scan
Extras: Trailers, Deleted Scenes
Features:
Audio commentary: by director David O. Russell
Audio commentary: by Jason Schwartzman, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts
Documentaries: Inside Look (In Her Shoes)
22 Extended and Deleted Scenes; 5 Outtakes; 6 Open-Spaces Coalition PSA's; Huckabees Commercial; Photo Montage; Infomercial; Informercial Extra Dialogue tangents and Jon Brion's performances; Behind the Scenes of the Detective's Infomercial; "I (heart) Huckabees" Production Featurette; The Charlie Rose Show

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DVD : $13.49 (Dual)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 024543169482
Catalog #: DV2079172

Studio : Fox

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital Surround , Spanish Dolby Digital Surround , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35, Pan & Scan
Features:
Audio commentary: by director David O. Russell
Audio commentary: by Jason Schwartzman, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts
Documentaries: Inside Look (In Her Shoes)