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For Richer or Poorer

1997 · 115 min

A breezy fish-out-of-water romp where spoiled city slickers bumble through farm life and rediscover each other.

Directed by
Bryan Spicer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Overview
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, 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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Directed by
Bryan Spicer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • class
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Bryan Spicer
Written by
Jana Howington, Steve LuKanic
Starring
Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner, Wayne Knight, Larry Miller, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Megan Cavanagh
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
Buzz Feitshans IV
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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