Super Frickin' Funny!
Added 1/10/2010
If you don't think this movie is funny, then you're much like my VP - robotic and a blandly programmed person. The movie was HILARIOUS! The only thing that bored it a bit was Ben Stiller's character meeting "the other" girl once on his honeymoon. Her character (the brunette from Eagle Eye) was not nearly as interesting as his on-screen wife. This is one of those movies I can watch over and over and over again. I can take a joke without getting offended so I'm always in for some good humor. If you're like one of those people I CAN'T STAND "Oh, my lord...did she really say that?" then pass on this movie and purchase Nights in Rodanthe (or whatever it's called). For those of you who know how to laugh and want a simple, chill, no pressure movie (unlike our day jobs) then this is the way to spend the night.
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There is odd and there is Farrelly Brothers odd...
Added 12/12/2009
Talk about a movie that takes you, spins your head around in circles and dumps you all over the place the Heartbreak Kid breaks a lot of rules of film making and comedy and does it well.
It tells the story of a single guy Ben Stiller who is unable to find a woman, his sex obsessed father (played by his father Jerry) and his best pal Mac who are all looking to get him married off.
The movie starts to get you invested in his plight as he goes from embarrassment to embarrassment until he seems to come across the right girl, Lila.
In a mere 5 weeks pushed by his father and friend he marries her, and it is on the drive down to their honeymoon retreat to Mexico that things get interesting...
...that's where he meets the girl of his dreams, Miranda.
From here the plot twist and turns from disaster to disaster, in terms of the comedy the Farrellys set you up for every turn from Carlos Mencia through Miranda's family to the twins who after a brief introduction at the beginning of the film are used for great comic effect. The reaction of his father and best friends to his martial problems made me instantly think of the famous Three Stooges short The Three Stooges Collection Volume 2 Husbands Beware.
The comedy becomes so odd and the situations so ridiculous (one scene with Jerry Stiller on the phone with his son from Vegas still gives me the shudders) that you don't know what to do. The Farrellys slowly build up sympathy for Eddie as the film and then slowly bit by bit start to remove it until you wonder if you want him to get the girl of his dreams.
When you see the final scene (not counting the Easter egg with the Donkey)you realize who and what these characters are. It is a very disarming experience.
Oh and don't do what I did, I watched it directly after seeing Trade talk about getting your head and mind twisted all over the place.
This film is so not for kids it isn't funny, there are at least two sex scenes where I wonder how the actors involved managed to keep a straight face. I couldn't do it. Paradoxically it is, in many ways, a morality play, all the wrong and foolish decisions have all the consequences they should have, in at least one case tragic results. So on second thought maybe you should make your teenage daughters watch it and Learn!
It is slapstick, it is deep comedy, it is sexual comedy, it is mind games, it is a morality play, it is cheep bawdy humor all rolled up into one brilliant package!
I don't know if it's a keeper but it should be seen at least once. One piece of advice: When I watch Arsenic and Old Lace I always try to see it with people who never have, their reactions are priceless. This movie is no Arsenic & old Lace but I suspect the reactions would be the same.
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One of the best of B. Stiller and Farellys
Added 10/18/2009
This movie did quite bad at the box office compared to comedies like Superbad or Knocked up. I really don't know why, maybe people were shocked of the crude / sexual humor? Maybe they thought it was a teenager romantic comedy?
I liked it a lot, laughed most of the movie as Ben Stiller is at his best as the unlucky guy gettings in stupid situations.
Picture quality : 4.5/5
Image detail is very consistent during the movie, the hotel / scenery shots are very vivid, and clothing detail is very strong. Screen depth is present at times, but there are lots of close ups so it's not that important.
Audio quality : 4/5
Usual life sounds are well reproduced and carry the movie so that you're welcome into it easily.
Special features : 3.5/5
Deleted scenes, gag reel, some featurettes : fun atmosphere in these features.
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Hilarious
Added 9/21/2009
This is a good Ben Stiller movie with several shocking parts and lots of laughs. Malin Akerman is one of the hottest actresses around yet this movie almost ruined it for me, not for bad acting but the character she plays is psycho. All in all good entertaining movie and addition to comedy collection.
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Save your Money
Added 9/14/2009
Not everything with Ben Stiller in it is going to be good. Even Jerry Stiller is bad in this movie. The whole movie is in bad taste and I wouldn't waste my time. I only rented it because it was filmed in SF where I used to live. Other than that...don't bother.
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Super Frickin' Funny!
Added 1/10/2010
If you don't think this movie is funny, then you're much like my VP - robotic and a blandly programmed person. The movie was HILARIOUS! The only thing that bored it a bit was Ben Stiller's character meeting "the other" girl once on his honeymoon. Her character (the brunette from Eagle Eye) was not nearly as interesting as his on-screen wife. This is one of those movies I can watch over and over and over again. I can take a joke without getting offended so I'm always in for some good humor. If you're like one of those people I CAN'T STAND "Oh, my lord...did she really say that?" then pass on this movie and purchase Nights in Rodanthe (or whatever it's called). For those of you who know how to laugh and want a simple, chill, no pressure movie (unlike our day jobs) then this is the way to spend the night.
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There is odd and there is Farrelly Brothers odd...
Added 12/12/2009
Talk about a movie that takes you, spins your head around in circles and dumps you all over the place the Heartbreak Kid breaks a lot of rules of film making and comedy and does it well.
It tells the story of a single guy Ben Stiller who is unable to find a woman, his sex obsessed father (played by his father Jerry) and his best pal Mac who are all looking to get him married off.
The movie starts to get you invested in his plight as he goes from embarrassment to embarrassment until he seems to come across the right girl, Lila.
In a mere 5 weeks pushed by his father and friend he marries her, and it is on the drive down to their honeymoon retreat to Mexico that things get interesting...
...that's where he meets the girl of his dreams, Miranda.
From here the plot twist and turns from disaster to disaster, in terms of the comedy the Farrellys set you up for every turn from Carlos Mencia through Miranda's family to the twins who after a brief introduction at the beginning of the film are used for great comic effect. The reaction of his father and best friends to his martial problems made me instantly think of the famous Three Stooges short The Three Stooges Collection Volume 2 Husbands Beware.
The comedy becomes so odd and the situations so ridiculous (one scene with Jerry Stiller on the phone with his son from Vegas still gives me the shudders) that you don't know what to do. The Farrellys slowly build up sympathy for Eddie as the film and then slowly bit by bit start to remove it until you wonder if you want him to get the girl of his dreams.
When you see the final scene (not counting the Easter egg with the Donkey)you realize who and what these characters are. It is a very disarming experience.
Oh and don't do what I did, I watched it directly after seeing Trade talk about getting your head and mind twisted all over the place.
This film is so not for kids it isn't funny, there are at least two sex scenes where I wonder how the actors involved managed to keep a straight face. I couldn't do it. Paradoxically it is, in many ways, a morality play, all the wrong and foolish decisions have all the consequences they should have, in at least one case tragic results. So on second thought maybe you should make your teenage daughters watch it and Learn!
It is slapstick, it is deep comedy, it is sexual comedy, it is mind games, it is a morality play, it is cheep bawdy humor all rolled up into one brilliant package!
I don't know if it's a keeper but it should be seen at least once. One piece of advice: When I watch Arsenic and Old Lace I always try to see it with people who never have, their reactions are priceless. This movie is no Arsenic & old Lace but I suspect the reactions would be the same.
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One of the best of B. Stiller and Farellys
Added 10/18/2009
This movie did quite bad at the box office compared to comedies like Superbad or Knocked up. I really don't know why, maybe people were shocked of the crude / sexual humor? Maybe they thought it was a teenager romantic comedy?
I liked it a lot, laughed most of the movie as Ben Stiller is at his best as the unlucky guy gettings in stupid situations.
Picture quality : 4.5/5
Image detail is very consistent during the movie, the hotel / scenery shots are very vivid, and clothing detail is very strong. Screen depth is present at times, but there are lots of close ups so it's not that important.
Audio quality : 4/5
Usual life sounds are well reproduced and carry the movie so that you're welcome into it easily.
Special features : 3.5/5
Deleted scenes, gag reel, some featurettes : fun atmosphere in these features.
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