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Outside Providence is a 1999 American teen stoner comedy film adaptation of Peter Farrelly's 1988 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Michael Corrente, and it was written by Corrente and the brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly. The Farrellys couldn't direct the film due to filming There's Something About Mary.
Sep 1, 1999 · A stoner teenager from Rhode Island is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Connecticut by his frustrated father. He falls in love with a rich girl, but faces challenges from the school authorities and his past.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Michael Corrente
- 1999-09-01
Jul 22, 2014 · Outside Providence (1999) Official Trailer - Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins Movie HD. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers.
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- 46K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
A comedy about a rebellious teen sent to a Connecticut prep school by his dad. Critics panned the film for its miscasted performers and humor, giving it low ratings and mixed reviews.
- (77)
- Michael Corrente
- R
- Shawn Hatosy
Sep 1, 1999 · Roger Ebert pans the comedy film "Outside Providence" as badly written and severely miscast, with a plot that lumbers from one obligatory scene to the next. He criticizes the film's amateurish construction, ham-handed dialogue, and uneasy tone, and questions its authenticity and relevance.
Sep 1, 1999 · In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school.
Set in 1974 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Tim Dunphy is a teenage slacker and stoner who is part of a dysfunctional lower-class family which includes his widowed, ill-tempered, bigoted father, his wheelchair-bound younger brother Jackie and their one-eyed, three-legged dog.
