after read the positive comment here and see the 1 star rating on my digital cable guide and i decide to give it a chance ( plus and i be a big alan arkin fan after see him in catch 22 and glengarry glen ross and and little murder ) . and i have to say that it not as bad a it make out to be . it actually really really funny if you have a certain sense of humor . i be die with laughter during the scene where arkin and rob reiner start fight on the father bed on top of the father . there be other good scene represent the kid throw the rock through the window and arkin approach the basketball player on the court and the crazy jewish mother throughout the whole movie and keep out putz . write on the office door and the scene with the comatose dad and the insurance guy . i could go on because i really like this movie . the only thing that kinda bug be rob reiner attack and but eh . what be you gon na do . i think that you have to enjoy a certain type of humor to find this movie funny . during the whole thing i find myself draw parallel to my favorite sitcom and arrest development . crazy dysfunctional family . check . adopt a kid of a completely different race for personal gain . check . bur down a business for money . check . ( episode 2 of season 1 top banana . ) multiple story line that culminate into one big finale . yup . and there be even a big wacky end involve all the family member . both be very slapstick y comedy with both dry and over the top joke . if you love that kind of humor and then you will really like fire sale . if youre more into standard comedy and then you will probably become very easily annoy and change the channel . i would love to see a cheap dvd of this movie out in a letterbox format . i remember fox movie channel use to run some kind of promo trailer or short documentary before show it and so i would love to see that as well . plus and some of the scene be very dark . i be not sure if this be the print of the movie or arkin intention and but it would be nice to see this movie remastered and release in the future and but that probably would not happen . a girl can dream though .