The life of a young courageous sheriff, who witnesses a kidnap, has been changed completely, when he unveils the truth of a dangerous gang that act to he FBI agents.
It's sad to watch Yaphet Kotto, as the shady fed, clothesline the stereotypical Muslim motel owner who's already been threatened by Larry with a trip to Gitmo.
I've got an idea for Larry the Cable Guy's next dumb movie. Maybe the lowbrow bumbler with the big heart and even bigger beer gut could play, oh I don't know, a cable guy?
Variety
February 25, 2008
One can only hope that Witless Protection is targeted at a vanishing species of American Neanderthal. In the meantime, perhaps Larry and his accomplices at Lionsgate could take some sensitivity traning.
Sin Magazine
July 22, 2008
The movie doesn't even have the common decency to be under 90 minutes. What a bore.
New York Times
February 25, 2008
In Witless Protection, Larry the Cable Guy plays a small-town deputy, fantasizing about becoming an F.B.I. agent. Sitcom wackiness ensues.
Hollywood Reporter
February 25, 2008
Makes his previous effort, Delta Farce, seem a classic by comparison.
Sacramento News & Review
February 29, 2008
From this kind of witlessness, the only protection is not to see it.
Urban Cinefile
December 20, 2008
Witless, lowbrow fun is the signature of this so-so comedy with Larry the Cable Guy in fine fat form as a country bumpkin deputy sheriff with delusions of grander than smalltown cop
