Recipes For Disaster

September. 19,2008      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Director John Webster convinces his wife and two small children that the whole family should go on an oil diet, yet without having to give up their a middle class suburban lifestyle. All the everyday things that we don't do, or that we can't help doing, make up recipes for disaster. In this comedy of errors they find themselves questioning their values and putting to test their will power and ultimately, their happiness.

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VividSimon
2008/09/19

Simply Perfect

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UnowPriceless
2008/09/20

hyped garbage

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AnhartLinkin
2008/09/21

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Logan
2008/09/22

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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