| | | He Just Wants To Protect Them. They Just Want To Have Fun.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Featurettes, Previews, English, French Subtitled
When five perky cheerleaders witness the murder of a drug bust informant, they require 'round-the-clock surveillance to keep from being the next victims. Enter tough-as-nails Texas Ranger Lt. Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones), who masquerades as their assistant coach and camps out in their campus digs. But these feisty foxes just want to have fun, and the buttoned-down Sharp learns it's no easy task to keep the uncontrollable coeds in line and out of harm's way. Cedric the Entertainer joins this spirited cast in a comedy that busts out with high energy, pride, and the joy of a Texas Ranger getting in touch with his feminine side.
Editor's Note
A startling mixture of giggling T&A, old man/young girl bonding, bloody violence, and gross-out humor, this drama-action-comedic soufflé could comes courtesy director Stephen Herek (MISTER HOLLAND'S OPUS, THE MIGHTY DUCKS). Cedric the Entertainer has a great bit as an ex-con who helps the ladies with some hip hop dance moves. Anne Archer plays the ranger's older love interest. And the lascivious, multi-ethnic lovelies are played by Christina Milian, Kelli Garner, Monica Keena, Paula Garces, and Vanessa Ferlito.Tommy Lee Jones stars in this action-comedy as a tough old Texas Ranger who winds up babysitting a squadron of cheerleaders when they inadvertently witness a gangster's murder. His no-nonsense ways clash with the girls' fun-filled lifestyle at first: he makes them wear seatbelts, confiscates their cell phones, beats up on any guy who comes near them (including an awestruck pizza delivery boy) and makes sure no one sneaks out of the house on dates. Eventually he discovers the girls aren't as ditzy as they first appear. They get him to loosen up a little, and even help him to patch things up with his neglected daughter (Shannon Marie Woodward). Meanwhile a crooked federal agent is out the send the girls to an early grave. MAN OF THE HOUSE was filmed in and around the University of Texas.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Featurettes | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Surround Sound | | Subtitles: English, French | | Cheer Camp featurette | | The Making of Man of the House Featurette | | Previews |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 1/27/2009 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 03170 | | UPC: 00043396031708 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen/Standard 2.40:1/1.33:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"[A] good-natured comedy....Director Stephen Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls." 02/28/2005 p.E22Sight and Sound
"[L]ikeable, evincing a playfulness towards some of the genre's most familiar tropes....[Jones] pitches himself into self-parody with remarkable vigour." 06/01/2005 p.67-68 Village Voice 5 of 10
The movie's not so much bad as it is chillingly uninventive. Each member of the squad fits into a st - Chris Tamarri
San Francisco Chronicle 6 of 10
The film rises to the heights of mediocrity on the strength of Tommy Lee Jones, who never lets on th - Mick LaSalle
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