Outside Providence

– In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smokin..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Outside Providence (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. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Outside Providence (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Sep 1999

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Corrente

Writer:

Peter Farrelly (screenplay), Michael Corrente (screenplay), Bobby Farrelly (screenplay), Peter Farrelly (novel)

Main Actors:

Shawn Hatosy, Tommy Bone, Samantha Lavigne, Jonathan Brandis

Plot:

A boy from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, caught up in the drug scene of the mid-70s, gets in trouble one too many times with the law. To stave off a jail term, his father arranges for him to be placed into a prep school in Cornwall, Connecticut. The terms: Graduate, or else.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Miramax

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
Metacritic:
62%