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Synopsis: A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio d.j. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are forced to juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas as well as their own.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Mike Binder
Production: New Line Cinema
  5 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
R
Year:
2005
118 min
$18,742,061
Website
393 Views


- Not even gonna bring her up.

- Terry Ann Wolfmeyer.

- You're getting no play.

- On 101 WRIF Detroit.

You're listening

to the Denny Davies show.

What I don't get, is how come

you won't talk about baseball?

With all they pay you every year,

what's with you not talking about base...

Hey, guess what,

guess what, pinhead?

They don't pay me

that much.

He just got flushed.

Okay, that's...

that's it for me folks,

the Poobah's up next,

Big Daddy Arthur P.

But I'll be with you tomorrow,

and you can all call in

give me hell, the radio equivalent

of dunking the clown...

into the water.

WRIF Detroit at 5:00...

That wasn't too bad,

was it, Shep?

Wasn't too... vicious?

No, you were mild today. You probably

only lost about 6 or 7,000 listeners.

You should feel really good

about yourself.

- WRIF or email the Poobah

at Arthur P...

Hey, but what was

all that about?

- All what?

- That whole thing about the woman

you watched the invasion

with? Who's she?

Just a girl.

Yeah, she's one

of the 20-year-olds, isn't she?

From the college thing.

The one I got you.

No.

No, she's not 20.

She's nowhere near 20.

In fact, look,

don't superimpose

your warped thinking

onto my life, okay?

I got enough problems.

Okay, well,

then while we're at it,

don't knock

my dating habits, okay?

'Cause they keep me young.

I happen to be a walking encyclopedia

of every boy-band that ever existed.

Trust me, you don't get that from dating

Arianna Huffington.

Did you, uh, find out about that, uh,

mall opening in Toledo?

- What it's price was?

- Yeah, $10,000.

$10,000 for you

to show up

for one-half an hour.

- You know, it must suck for you...

- You're going.

...not, uh, being me.

- Yeah, almost as much as it must suck

- actually being you.

- And now, your Rock 'n' Roll

- radio chaperone of Detroit...

- Go home.

Seriously. I've got a real

disc jockey to produce.

A die-hard drinking fan

with a serious football problem.

My impression of you

in about 15 minutes.

...WRIF Detroit.

That was said with love.

Where's Mom?

She's upstairs

taking a shower.

What are you working on?

What are you looking

in the want-ads for?

A job.

I need to work.

I'm not going to college.

Okay.

It's okay with me,

I guess.

Thank you.

- What are you gonna do?

- I want to be a reporter.

- A newscaster.

- Well, you have the face for it.

Oh. Are you staying

for dinner?

Depends.

If you're making any more

of that chicken, I am.

Here you go.

A little something

to get you into second gear.

What are you doing?

I wasn't looking,

relax.

Get out!

Jesus!

I get out, I'm taking

this drink with me.

Have you ever heard

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Mike Binder

Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. more…

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