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| Now You Know | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Anderson |
| Written by | Jeff Anderson |
| Produced by | Ray Ellingsen Jean-Luc Martin |
| Starring | Jeremy Sisto Jeff Anderson |
| Cinematography | Marco Cappetta |
| Edited by | Jerry A. Vasilatos |
| Music by | Lanny Cordola Matt Sorum |
| Distributed by | Genius Products |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $380,000 (estimated)[citation needed] |
Now You Know is a 2002 comedy film directed, written by and starring Jeff Anderson. The film was produced by the Lumberyard production company (Alek Petrovic, Eric Nordness and Thomas Stelter). It was released theatrically in the United States on December 13, 2002, and on DVD on November 28, 2006.
On the eve of his bachelor party, Jeremy (Jeremy Sisto) learns that his fiancée, Kerri (Rashida Jones), wants to call off their wedding without providing a reason. He tries to determine what caused this sudden decision. The unmarried couple return to New Jersey to sort out their relationship. When Jeremy gets home, he hangs out with Gil and Biscuit, his old friends, who have made a hobby out of breaking into other people's homes and rearranging the objects to freak out the homeowners. Their activities have begun to unnerve one unfortunate homeowner in particular, Mr. Victim (Stuart Pankin). Jeremy, Gil and Biscuit go to their local bar for a few drinks and talk about women and Jeremy's aborted wedding. Meanwhile, Kerri and her best friend Marty go to a lesbian bar, where Marty tells her she is pregnant. The next morning Jeremy's friend from Vegas, Shane, comes to visit as Biscuit and Gil throw him another bachelor party. The bachelor party goes awry when the stripper Biscuit hired arrives, and is revealed to be a transvestite, who tells Jeremy that she saw Kerri at the lesbian bar the night before, and everyone thinks she is in a lesbian relationship with Marty. Gil and Biscuit take Jeremy and Shane to go mess with the house again, but Mr. Victim has become paranoid and shoots wildly at them, grazing Jeremy's ear. Faced with his own mortality, Jeremy, and the others drive to Kerri's so he can talk to her. She tells him that he took her for granted. Jeremy tells her that he would do anything to have her back, just as Gil walks in, telling them that Marty is beating up Biscuit on the front lawn. Biscuit, thinking Marty and Kerri were gay, asked Marty if he could be their manager. During the fight, the men learn that Marty is pregnant, and that Gil is the father. Kerri and Jeremy give Gil and Marty their plane tickets that were for their honeymooninFlorida so the new couple can have some alone time, while Kerri and Jeremy hold hands, hinting toward a possible reconciliation.
Preston Jones of DVD Talk criticized the film as derivative and too similar to the style of Kevin Smith.[1] Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club gave the film a negative review and said it "tried to pass off crudity for honesty".[2]
The film was released on DVD on November 28, 2006.[1] The packaging has a small sticker which reads, "Featuring the stars of Clerks II!"[citation needed]
