- Witless Protection
Infobox Film
name = Witless Protection
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Charles Robert Carner
producer = J.P. Williams
writer = Charles Robert Carner
starring =Larry the Cable Guy Jenny McCarthy Joe Mantegna Ivana Milicevic Lisa Lampanelli
music = Eric Allaman
cinematography =Michael Goi, ASC
editing = Marc Leif
distributor =Lionsgate
released =February 22 , 2008
runtime = 99 min.
country =United States
language = English
budget = $7.5 million
gross =
website = http://www.witlessprotectionmovie.com/
amg_id = 1:393851
imdb_id = 1001562"Witless Protection" is a comedy film from
Lionsgate , starringLarry the Cable Guy andJenny McCarthy written and directed byChicago native Charles Robert Carner. The film starsLarry the Cable Guy as a small-town deputy inMississippi . Many parts of the film were filmed inPlano, Illinois andVirgil, Illinois (train depot, farms, gas station and a few downtown restaurants). Filming also took place in numerous towns inIllinois including Elmhurst, Lombard, Lemont, Sugar Grove, Glen Ellyn, Westmont and Yorkville. The film is ratedPG-13 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001562/ Witless Protection at IMDB] ] , was released in theatres onFebruary 22 ,2008 and was released for DVD onJune 10 ,2008 .Cast
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Larry the Cable Guy as Larry
*Jenny McCarthy as Connie
*Joe Mantegna
*Yaphet Kotto as Ricardo Bodi
*Ivana Milicevic as Madeleine
*Richard Bull as Sheriff Smoot
*Eric Roberts
*Peter Stormare
*J David Moeller as ElmerReception
This film received extremely negative reviews from critics. As of
March 2 ,2008 , the review websiteRotten Tomatoes reported that 0% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 22 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/witless_protection/ |title=Witless Protection - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-02-27 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes ]Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 17 out of 100, based on 6 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/witlessprotection |title=Witless Protection (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-02-24 |publisher=Metacritic ]References
External links
* [http://www.witlessprotectionmovie.com/ Official minisite]
*imdb title|id=1001562|title=Witless Protection
*rotten-tomatoes|id=witless_protection|title=Witless Protection
*metacritic film|id=witlessprotection|title=Witless Protection
*mojo title|id=witlessprotection|title=Witless Protection
*amg movie|id=1:393851|title=Witless Protection
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/witlessprotection/ Trailer] at Apple.com
* [http://www.fyrebug.com/promotions/witless_protection/ Official minigame]
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