Joe Somebody (2001) on Netflix
Joe Scheffer, a divorced audio/video specialist, confronts co-worker Mark McKinney over a parking spot as his daughter Natalie watches. McKinney hits him, and Joe challenges him to a rematch.
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Plot summary
Joe Scheffer is a recently divorced single father who works in the audio/visual department at STARKe Pharmaceuticals. On bring your daughter to work day, he arrives at the company lot with Natalie and finds his co-worker Mark McKinney parked in a space reserved for employees of ten years, though McKinney has only seven. Joe questions him, and McKinney assaults him in front of the girl. Joe sinks into self-pity. Meg Harper, the office wellness coordinator, asks him in frustration what he wants, and the question pushes him to demand a rematch with McKinney to reclaim his dignity. Meg and Natalie argue that a fight settles nothing. Joe hires Chuck Scarett, a former B-movie star turned martial arts instructor, to teach him to defend himself.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Joe Somebody (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jim Carrey was offered the lead role of Joe Scheffer before Tim Allen, but turned it down to make the 2001 film The Majestic instead, leaving Allen to take the part.
- Tim Allen's arms became painfully bruised halfway through filming the martial arts scenes, so he wore pads on his arms, which is why they are visible on screen from the middle of the film on.
- Screenwriter John Scott Shepherd based the script on his own years working in advertising as a film and video producer, writing about the people who work behind the scenes in corporate America.
- A planned opening title sequence showing office workers learning the corporate structure was dropped for timing and spread across the film's first two scenes instead.
- The girls seen in the "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" video that Joe is working on at the start of the film were all daughters of various crew members.
