It's disappointing to see a comic talent like Ben Stiller slum it in these studio-grade romantic comedies.
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01/15/08
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:46
Rotten:105
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Despite some amiable performances, The Heartbreak Kid is neither as daring nor as funny as the Farrelly Brothers' earlier films.
Runtime: 3 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $36,771,343
Synopsis: The Farrelly Brothers add their trademark bounty of bodily functions to this remake of Elaine May's 1972 comedy, THE HEARTBREAK KID. This time around Ben Stiller plays Eddie Cantrow, a 40-year-old... [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Reviews for The Heartbreak Kid
Top CriticIt's like watching the younger brother of There's Something About Mary: it's brash and talks too loud, it's a bit snotty and it so wants to be as cool as its older sibling.
12/01/07
Top CriticBeyond its contagious, wacky humour, the film has a very sweet heart
11/17/07
Top CriticThough not as engaging as Knocked Up, there is enough humor to keeps us entertained.
10/05/07
Top CriticNo matter how many times we’ve seen it, there’s nobody I’d rather watch fall apart than Ben Stiller.
10/03/07
Whether there was need to remake Elaine May's 1972 worthy comedy may be a relevant question. That said, most of the narrative changes and updates are good, and the movie is funnier than the Farrelleys former pictures, Shallow Hal and Stuck on You.
10/05/07
A marriage definitely not made in heaven, and a picture that's a disheartening commentary on the decline in the standards of American comedy over the last quarter-century.
10/04/07
An unwatchable mess like this is exactly what you ought to expect from anybody with the unmitigated gall to overhaul Neil Simon.
10/08/07
A misogynist tract masquerading as a cheeky sex romp.
10/05/07
A knockout with wall-to-wall laughs that recalls the actor and directors in their mid-to-late 1990s primes.
10/04/07
For all its fluffed moments and saggy end, how many other films this year feature a donkey with an erection?
10/05/07
Top CriticToo little soul to be sweet, too little energy to be a gagfest, the Farrelly Brothers squeeze out just enough laughs to make this watchable, but nowhere near enough to make it great. It breaks your heart, it really does...
10/05/07
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10/06/07
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10/18/08
Top Critic[The Farrelly Brothers'] squeamish, childish fascination with bodily ickiness, when crossed with the iffy sexual politics of the original, yields a comic vision remarkable for its hysterical misogyny.
10/05/07
Top CriticThe Farrellys, who with There's Something About Mary helped lay the groundwork for the mixture of raunchiness and heart that Judd Apatow has perfected, seem painfully dated here.
10/05/07
[The] 2007 remake delivers a lot of laughs despite the fact we're clearly supposed to root for and feel sorry for the cad ... no matter how squirmy or awful his actions.
05/01/08
The Farrelly brothers blow all the good will accumulated in the first half of the movie by taking the humor deeper and deeper into Tedious Cad Land, where Stiller's self-obsessed, nattering guyishness turns pathological and strange.
10/05/07
If it lacks the same constant ratio of laughs to screentime as the original, it still delivers a bracingly puckish take on the pleasures and perils of love at first sight
10/03/07
The sunny setting, attractive leads and reasonably involving story help make The Heartbreak Kid a watchable frippery.
10/02/07
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October 21, 2007:
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