It'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.
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12/01/07
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
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticBeyond its contagious, wacky humour, the film has a very sweet heart
11/17/07
Top CriticIt's disappointing to see a comic talent like Ben Stiller slum it in these studio-grade romantic comedies.
01/15/08
Top CriticFor all its fluffed moments and saggy end, how many other films this year feature a donkey with an erection?
10/05/07
Top CriticIf 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
This one's all about the big, unbelievable guffaws, of which the movie delivers about a dozen. Some may still call it heresy, but it's nothing to get heartbroken over.
10/05/07
The performances are almost uniformly engaging, with Stiller cycling through a catalog of sputtering resistance ploys that still work, no matter their familiarity.
10/13/07
It's the Farrellys picking up where they left off with 2000's Me, Myself & Irene, dishing out a line-up of audience-goosing bits; spiky material that returns a little of the water-cooler visibility they used to enjoy (two words: donkey show)
10/04/07
There are enough really funny scenes to more than make up for the obnoxiousness and humourless stretches. Not exactly the ringing endorsement you'd hope for.
10/11/07
It's still pretty funny to see Ben Stiller take one -- or eight -- for the team.
10/05/07
Though not as engaging as Knocked Up, there is enough humor to keeps us entertained.
10/05/07
Top CriticLess raucous than Dumb and Dumber and has a performance from Ben Stiller that proves he can act better than most people give him credit for.
10/05/07
For the Farrelly brothers, topping the slapstick and gross-out comedy of their lowbrow hits such as Dumb & Dumber and There's Something About Mary was never going to be easy. But in The Heartbreak Kid, they have outdone themselves.
10/04/07
Top CriticWhile this '70s comedy remake isn't a complete return to form for Peter and Bobby Farrelly, it's certainly a step back in the right direction for the pioneers of raunch.
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
For all its lapses in grace and pacing, The Heartbreak Kid somehow manages to wear away resistance with the simple charms exhibited by its cast, including Akerman, whose sportsmanship is above and beyond the call of duty.
10/04/07
In some ways, the Farrelly brothers' remake of The Heartbreak Kid is better than Elaine May's 1972 comedy. In other ways, not so much.
10/05/07
The disappointing upshot is that there is more calculated crudity than joie de vivre.
10/05/07
Top CriticIn this remake of the 1972 film, the Farrellys -- proud perpetrators of Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary and other jolly assaults on good taste -- turn Neil Simon's script inside out and flog it like a piñata.
10/05/07
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