If you don't like any of his previous movies, big chance is that you won't like this one. If you do enjoyed his movies than this one will be even more enjoyable. It seems that Rob Schneider has matured. He tackles serious subjects (prison system) in a fun way. Some of the jokes have been done to death and can be tiresome. But because of Schneider's performance they still are acceptable. Of course you don't have to expect this movie to have any social or political impact. I just want to mention that it is big step up for Schneider in comparison to "The Animal" or "Deuce Bigalow". David Carradine clearly has gotten very old but still can deliver. Especially in this movie. Since he is parodying himself. He is making fun of the character he played in "Kung Fu" but at the same time embracing and honouring the role that brought him fame. Worth watching!

The fraudulent real state agent Stan (Rob Schneider) is married with his beloved Mindy (Jennifer Morrison) and has a seven million dollar fortune. When he is arrested for fraud, he is sentenced to three years in prison and his assets are frozen by the justice. However, his crooked lawyer Lew Popper (M. Emmet Walsh) negotiates a six month freedom, and the weak Stan, who is afraid of being raped in prison, hires the specialist in martial arts The Master (David Carradine) to teach him self-defense. Six months later, Big Stan is sent to the Oaksburgh State Penitentiary totally confident in his expertise in martial arts. He challenges the violent leaders of the gangs and defeats them, being respected by the inmates and bringing peace in the patio. However, the dirty Warden Gasque (Scott Wilson) has the intention of transforming the penitentiary in a luxury resort, and uses Big Stan knowledge to improve his project, promising to release him sooner using the corrupt penal system.

I have been a big fan of Rob Schneider since "Men Behaving Badly" and I am never disappointed with his funny movies. "Big Stan" is no exception, and this tribute to "Prison Break" and "Kung Fu" is another hilarious entertainment of this great comedian. I laughed a lot with his jokes and situations and I really recommend this comedy for those days that the viewer is down or worried with something to relax and relief the tension, or seeking an amusing and light entertainment. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Big Stan – Arrebentando na Prisão" ("Big Stan – Blowing Away in the Prison")

Having only seen a few of Rob Schneider's movies (mostly supporting roles),I'm not really familiar with his work outside the fact that his characters are ridiculously obnoxious and not at all realistic. In seeing this movie, it occurs to me that like his frequent co-star Adam Sandler, he takes the ridiculous side of life and makes it even more ridiculous. Ridiculously so. this is a type of film that I should be outrageously offended by, but the more offensive it got, the more I laughed at the ridiculousness of it all.

You know that this is going to be a comedy of bad taste that, as a timeshare salesman, he attempts to sell a condo to an old lady and gives her a very graphic view of the type of neighborhood it is and what it will become to her. Her reaction is completely off the mark, but it had me laughing hysterically, and from then on, the more ridiculous it became, the harder I found myself laughing.

Schneider is sentenced to 3 years in prison and given six months to tie up his affairs, during which time he aligns himself with none other than David Carradine who teaches him how to be tough and how to beat anybody in a fight, even the biggest and toughest of prison inmates. What makes this all the funnier is his obsession with not being raped in prison, going through all sorts of ridiculous training exercises and even putting a tattoo in a precarious place to toughen his reputation when he gets in.

This is gross-out comedy and in really bad taste, so you have to be really open to that sort of humor otherwise it's going to disgust you. Some of the situations go way too far, as they do in the Sandler comedies, so I found myself looking away in a few eew inspiring moments, but I found myself doing more laughing than eye rolling or eewing. Several amusing cameos or supporting performances by familiar actors (Marcia Wallace, Henry Gibson, Sally Kirkland) pad out the cast. So if you can stomach an over-long comedy that often stretches the line of really poor taste you might enjoy this. There are a few touching moments however, so those little bits of sweetness do show this in a different light.