- Justin LimAugust 21, 2026Classic comedy film
- Victoria VanarsdallJanuary 22, 2025Very good 👍
- Ecto-1AJuly 30, 2026Before Get Hard, there was Big Stan 🤜🏼🥴🤛🏼 Big Stan, starring Rob Schneider, begins like a fairly conventional comedy, but it quickly finds its footing once the central premise takes over. Schneider plays a wealthy con artist who, facing an upcoming prison sentence, hires a martial-arts expert to prepare him for life behind bars. Other comedies have explored similar fish-out-of-water territory, including 2002’s The New Guy and, more directly, 2015’s Get Hard, starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. The latter feels almost like an exaggerated variation on Big Stan, using the same basic idea of a privileged man desperately preparing for prison. As with many Will Ferrell comedies, however, Get Hard pushes the absurdity, vulgarity and physical humor much further. Big Stan occupies a comfortable middle ground between the comparatively youthful comedy of The New Guy and the relentlessly over-the-top approach of Get Hard. It is clearly intended for mature audiences, but it generally avoids becoming either unnecessarily gratuitous or so restrained that it feels afraid to take risks. The film balances crude humor, action and an unexpectedly sincere message about personal change, giving it more heart than its ridiculous premise initially suggests.
- AcnologiaOGJuly 27, 2026Less funny than I remmember it, but it's still entertaining if you haven't watched it
- mickerdooJuly 2, 2026The first half has you worried. But once he gets in and starts making changes it becomes pretty fun. Laughed out loud a couple times.
- davidl298July 1, 2026I thought it was very funny movie. Not a stupid comedy movie. Alot of good and famous actors.
- DrayvnMay 19, 2026Meh you get what you expect.
- JackandhausNovember 16, 2025Awesome movie ❤️
- Megan ChildressMay 6, 2026So ridiculously terrible in every way possible
- WordnwotFebruary 21, 2026A goodly chuckle from start to finish. Last chance to see David Carradine.
- dennis middletonOctober 14, 2025Ignore the reviews by the PREA folks. This movie is hilarious.
- ZeekthephantomSeptember 12, 2025I think it is funny. A lot better than the reviews made me think it would have been.
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Big Stan was released on November 3, 2007.
Big Stan was directed by Rob Schneider.
Big Stan has a runtime of 1h 49m.
Big Stan was produced by John Schneider, Mark A.Z. Dippé, Rob Schneider, David Hillary, Timothy Wayne Peternel.
A timid con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud, so he hires a reclusive martial arts guru who helps transform him into a kung fu expert with the ability to fight off convicts who want to either hurt or love him.
The key characters in Big Stan are Big Stan (Rob Schneider), The Master (David Carradine), Mindy (Jennifer Morrison).
Big Stan is rated R.
Big Stan is a Comedy, Action, Crime film.
Big Stan has an audience rating of 4.5 out of 10.
Big Stan had a budget of $7.5M.
Big Stan has made $8.7M at the box office.