Big Stan

MPAA Rating:

for crude and sexual content, and language.

Moral Rating:

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Moviemaking Quality:

Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Comedy

Length:

1 hr. 45 min.

Year of Release:

2009

USA Release:

DVD: March 24, 2009

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Prison

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Featuring:	Rob Schneider (Big Stan), David Carradine (The Master), Jennifer Morrison (Mindy), Scott Wilson (Warden Gasque), Richard Kind (Mal), Sally Kirkland (Madame Foreman), M. Emmet Walsh (Lew Popper), Henry Gibson (Shorts), Jackson Rathbone (Robbie), Kevin Gage (Bullard), Bob Sapp (Big Raymond), Brandon T. Jackson (Deshawn), Big Spence (Diamond King #2), Richard Riehle (Judge Perry), Marcia Wallace (Alma), Tsuyoshi Abe (Dang), Salvator Xuereb (Patterson), more » Randy Couture (Carnahan), Jim Cody Williams (Tyler), Don Frye (Nation Member), Diego Corrales (Julio), Brandon Molale (Piken), Simon Rhee (Master Cho), Buddy Lewis (Cleon), Peter Mark Vasquez (Juanito), Dan Inosanto (Prison Chef), Ahman Green (Diamond King), Federico Dordei (Faribe), Pilar Schneider (Board of Governors), Wes Takahashi (Bartender), Matt Farley (Bailiff), Richard Kwon (Seymore), Olivia Munn (Secretary), Barbara Dodd (Mrs. Darby), Megan Cavanagh (Parole Board), Robert “Lil Rob” Flores (Inmate), Joe Goossen (Gay Foosball Champion), Faith Womack (Mindy Jr.), Damian F. Sandolo (Police Officer), David Alan Graf (Councilman Weintraub), Bruno Alexander (Hendricks), Jon Tenting (Police Officer #2), Brett Wagner (Nazi Joe), Enrique Teves (Piano Player), Dan Haggerty (Tubby), Tony Gonzalez (Choreographer / prison dancer), Chris Moss (Prison dancer), T.J. Amato (Waiter #1—uncredited), Chris Astoyan (Italian Inmate—uncredited), Troy Beech (Scientologist Inmate—uncredited), Erik Betts (Diamond King Gang Member—uncredited), Mike Borg (Inmate—uncredited), Rick Camp (Prison Guard—uncredited), Troy Christian (Mop dancer / Prison dancer—uncredited), Steve Dakota (Prison Guard and Prison Cook—uncredited), Joseph Fossum-Perez (Latino Gang Member—uncredited), Gichi Gamba (Dancer—uncredited), Geoffrey Gould (Juror—uncredited), Dante Henderson (Prison Yard Dancer—uncredited), Kevan Paul Hewett (Nazi inmate—uncredited), David Hodges (Scientologist Inmate—uncredited), Lance J. Holt (Court Clerk—uncredited), Karen E. Kay (Court Reporter—uncredited), Robbie Lee (Caucasian Prison Inmate—uncredited), Robert Moreno (Guard—uncredited), Kenny New (Prison inmate—uncredited), Tom Poole (Lawyer—uncredited), Dominic Prampin (Latino gangmember—uncredited), Nick Principe (Tattoo Artist—uncredited), Maury Rogow (uncredited), Adrian Schemm (Martial Arts Student—uncredited), DeAnn Trimarchi (Dancer in Bar—uncredited)
Director:	Rob Schneider
Producer:	Crystal Sky Pictures, Silver Nitrate Pictures, Velocity Pictures, Eric M. Breiman, Benedict Carver, Mykel Denis, Daniel Diamond, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Patrick F. Gallagher, David Hillary, Ryan R. Johnson, Damon Martin, Richard Middleton, Steven Paul, Timothy Wayne Peternel, John Schneider, Rob Schneider, Ash R. Shah
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

“The cell block just got a new bully… a small one.”

Producer’s synopsis: “In this martial arts comedy, Rob Schneider stars as Stan Minton—a two-bit con man who’s been sentenced to time in the big house. When Stan realizes how ‘popular’ he is going to be with his fellow inmates, he enlists the help of a mysterious martial arts guru to learn the self-defense techniques he’ll need to survive. When he gets to prison, Stan’s combat skills help him, but he’s now at odds with the evil Warden Gasque and must make a decision that will affect him as well as his fellow inmates.”

Negative—After watching this movie with my 14, 12 and 9 year old boys after 15 minutes, I turned it off. The “humor” of this movie is based on a man who is to go to prison in 6 months, his fear of not going to prison, but his fears of being “raped”! He then starts to spend his final days as a free man, trying to learn ways to protect himself from being raped. This includes going to a tattoo shop to have a tattoo on his anus, (this is where I turned off the movie) something that would scare off any would be rapists!

It is one thing to realize that one of the grim realities of going to prison, and the forced man to man relationships that occur in that place, but to make a 90 minute feature length movie about it, for young children to me, seems pointless. Once or twice to hear about it, okay. But to continue to listen more is just wrong.

This is NOT a movie for children that you care and love. This is more of a movie that those who deserve to do time, realize they should think twice before, doing something to get them there in the first place.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3
—Khalid, age 55 (Muslim) (Canada)