Morgan BellREVIEW: The Heartbreak Kid
May 25th 2008 14:49
No not the seminal Australian teen angst student/teacher romance film from 1993, this review is about the NEW American comedy from 2007
Directed: Bobby & Peter Farrelly (Shallow Hal, Dumb & Dumber, Theres Something About Mary, King Pin)
Written: Scot Armstrong (Roadtrip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch), Leslie Dixon (Outrageous Fortune, Overboard, Mrs Doubtfire, Hairspray), Kevin Barnett, and the Farrelly Bros - from a short story by Bruce Jay Friedman (The Lonely Guy, Splash)
Starring: Ben Stiller (Zoolander, Meet The Parents, Theres Something About Mary, Starsky & Hutch), Malin Akerman (27 Dresses), Michelle Monaghan (North Country, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Jerry Stiller (Hairspray, Zoolander, TVs King of Queens, TVs Seinfeld), Rob Corddry (Blades of Glory, Failure To Launch)
This is the story of a middle-aged man named Eddie (Ben Stiller) who is convinced by his father (Jerry Stiller) and his pussy-whipped best mate (Corddry) that he needs to stop fearing committment and marry the next nice girl who comes along, which happens to be the bubbly blonde Lila (Akerman). Somewhere between the wedding altar and the mexican honeymoon Eddie realises he really didnt bother to get to know Lila at all . . . she has a list of annoying traits as long as your arm and a very spotted past . . . and Eddie starts to suffer from buyers remorse when it comes to the prospect of spending the rest of his life with someone has has nothing in common with . . . its not just that he doesnt love Lila, he doesnt even like her! While he is drowning his sorrows at the bar of the honeymoon resort he befriends the sporty brunette Miranda (Monaghan) who turns out to be his perfect match and from there the trouble snowballs with lies compounding more lies and some very awkward situations. This is a fairly average comedy with most of the laughs coming from Ben Stillers trademark look of astonishment when the people around him are acting insane (think Meet The Parents). It has been written more like an extended sit-com and if you look at the crew who collaborated on it and there other projects you will see why. There is a surprisingly graphic sex scene which seems really out of place at the ending made the whole film seem like a skit off Mad TV. If you like other Farrelly Bros flicks then you will probably enjoy this.
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Directed: Bobby & Peter Farrelly (Shallow Hal, Dumb & Dumber, Theres Something About Mary, King Pin)
Written: Scot Armstrong (Roadtrip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch), Leslie Dixon (Outrageous Fortune, Overboard, Mrs Doubtfire, Hairspray), Kevin Barnett, and the Farrelly Bros - from a short story by Bruce Jay Friedman (The Lonely Guy, Splash)
Starring: Ben Stiller (Zoolander, Meet The Parents, Theres Something About Mary, Starsky & Hutch), Malin Akerman (27 Dresses), Michelle Monaghan (North Country, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Jerry Stiller (Hairspray, Zoolander, TVs King of Queens, TVs Seinfeld), Rob Corddry (Blades of Glory, Failure To Launch)
This is the story of a middle-aged man named Eddie (Ben Stiller) who is convinced by his father (Jerry Stiller) and his pussy-whipped best mate (Corddry) that he needs to stop fearing committment and marry the next nice girl who comes along, which happens to be the bubbly blonde Lila (Akerman). Somewhere between the wedding altar and the mexican honeymoon Eddie realises he really didnt bother to get to know Lila at all . . . she has a list of annoying traits as long as your arm and a very spotted past . . . and Eddie starts to suffer from buyers remorse when it comes to the prospect of spending the rest of his life with someone has has nothing in common with . . . its not just that he doesnt love Lila, he doesnt even like her! While he is drowning his sorrows at the bar of the honeymoon resort he befriends the sporty brunette Miranda (Monaghan) who turns out to be his perfect match and from there the trouble snowballs with lies compounding more lies and some very awkward situations. This is a fairly average comedy with most of the laughs coming from Ben Stillers trademark look of astonishment when the people around him are acting insane (think Meet The Parents). It has been written more like an extended sit-com and if you look at the crew who collaborated on it and there other projects you will see why. There is a surprisingly graphic sex scene which seems really out of place at the ending made the whole film seem like a skit off Mad TV. If you like other Farrelly Bros flicks then you will probably enjoy this.
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yes i think you are right, Meet The Parents was a far superior film . . . did you find the sex scene a bit bizarre and out of place?
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