Movie Description
A startling mixture of giggling T&A, old man/young girl bonding, bloody violence, and gross-out humor, this drama-action-comedic soufflé could comes courtesy director Stephen Herek (MISTER HOLLAND'S OPUS, THE MIGHTY DUCKS). Cedric the Entertainer has a great bit as an ex-con who helps the ladies with some hip hop dance moves. Anne Archer plays the ranger's older love interest. And the lascivious, multi-ethnic lovelies are played by Christina Milian, Kelli Garner, Monica Keena, Paula Garces, and Vanessa Ferlito.


Tommy Lee Jones stars in this action-comedy as a tough old Texas Ranger who winds up babysitting a squadron of cheerleaders when they inadvertently witness a gangster's murder. His no-nonsense ways clash with the girls' fun-filled lifestyle at first: he makes them wear seatbelts, confiscates their cell phones, beats up on any guy who comes near them (including an awestruck pizza delivery boy) and makes sure no one sneaks out of the house on dates. Eventually he discovers the girls aren't as ditzy as they first appear. They get him to loosen up a little, and even help him to patch things up with his neglected daughter (Shannon Marie Woodward). Meanwhile a crooked federal agent is out the send the girls to an early grave. MAN OF THE HOUSE was filmed in and around the University of Texas.

Credits
Producer:	Allyn Stewart, Steven Reuther, Todd Garner
Cast:	Anne Archer, Brian Van Holt, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian, Monica Keena, Paula Garces, R. Lee Ermey, Tommy Lee Jones

Editorial Reviews
"[A] good-natured comedy....Director Stephen Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (02/28/2005)

"[L]ikeable, evincing a playfulness towards some of the genre's most familiar tropes....[Jones] pitches himself into self-parody with remarkable vigour."
Sight and Sound - Jonathan Barnes (06/01/2005)