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For Richer or Poorer

For Richer or Poorer

Dec 11, 1997
115 min
ComedyRomance
6.0/ 10
240 votes

Overview

Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.

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TMDB
6.0/10
240 votes
IMDB
5.8/10
12,725 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
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Box Office & Budget

Budget$35,000,000Production cost
Box Office$31,611,225Worldwide gross
Profit-$3,388,775Loss
ROI
-9.7%Return on investment
US Box Office$31,642,995Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

1 nomination total

Details

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Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$31,611,225

Production Companies

Yorktown ProductionsThe Bubble FactorySheinberg ProductionsUniversal Pictures

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