For Richer or Poorer (1997) on Netflix
Brad Sexton's accountant embezzles millions and pins the blame on him. With the IRS closing in, Brad and Caroline flee New York and pass as an Amish family's cousins from Missouri.
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Plot summary
Brad Sexton is a Manhattan commercial developer who turns his tenth wedding anniversary party into a pitch for a theme park based on Biblical lore. A display's special effect sets Judge Joan Northcutt's clothing alight, and his wife Caroline decides to divorce him. Brad's accountant, Bob Lachman, has been taking the couple's millions and filing false tax returns; when the IRS notices, Bob puts the blame on Brad and leaves the country. Agent Frank Hall and Inspector Derek Lester serve a warrant and freeze the Sextons' assets. Brad takes a cab to get away, and Caroline happens to be inside it. They leave New York, spend a night in the open, and reach Intercourse, Pennsylvania, where they pretend to be Jacob and Emma, cousins the Amish Yoder family is expecting.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about For Richer or Poorer (1997)
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- A significant portion of the film's $35 million budget went to Tim Allen, who reportedly received $16 million; he shot the film during the break between the sixth and seventh seasons of his sitcom Home Improvement.
- According to the Maryland Film Office, the making of For Richer or Poorer helped bring $12 million to $16 million into the state in 1997.
- At the 1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley were nominated for Worst On-Screen Couple, but they lost that dubious prize to Jean-Claude van Damme and Dennis Rodman for Double Team.
- Shortly after Kirstie Alley's death in 2022, Rolling Stone included For Richer or Poorer on a list of the 14 most memorable roles of her career.
- For Richer or Poorer is, to date, the last film directed by Bryan Spicer, leaving this 1997 comedy as the final feature of his cinema career.
