Eliot Arnold (Tim Allen) is divorced from his cheating wife, fired from his Miami Herald job and opened a struggling advertising firm. His son Matt (Ben Foster) hates him. Henry Desalvo (Dennis Farina) and Leonard Ferroni (Jack Kehler) are hit men in town to kill Arthur Herk (Stanley Tucci). Puggy (Jason Lee) is a drifter who decided to come to Miami for the Cuban food. He gets in trouble with two idiot ex-cons buddies Snake Dupree (Tom Sizemore) and Eddie Leadbetter (Johnny Knoxville). Puggy is living in a tree and witnesses Matt and his friend Andrew (DJ Qualls) sneak in to spray Jenny Herk (Zooey Deschanel) as part of a game at school. Arthur is an embezzler and makes passes at the housekeeper Nina (Sofía Vergara) behind his wife Anna Herk (Rene Russo)'s back. The hit men fire a shot and miss. Police Officers Monica Romero (Janeane Garofalo) and Walter Kramitz (Patrick Warburton) investigate. There's also a suitcase with big boom.
It's a screwball comedy with limited comedy. There are a couple of cute moments that are chuckle worthy. The movie tries to replace comedy writing with a lot of quirky characters doing weird things in an interconnected crazy plot. They also set off a nuke smuggled onto a plane. That was never going to work post 9/11. It's questionable whether it would have work pre 9/11. The movie keeps moving from one character to another which keeps the audience from developing interest in any of the characters.
It's a screwball comedy with limited comedy. There are a couple of cute moments that are chuckle worthy. The movie tries to replace comedy writing with a lot of quirky characters doing weird things in an interconnected crazy plot. They also set off a nuke smuggled onto a plane. That was never going to work post 9/11. It's questionable whether it would have work pre 9/11. The movie keeps moving from one character to another which keeps the audience from developing interest in any of the characters.