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 Criticbe better off renting There's Something About Mary and watching it at home.
10/05/07
Despite some sizeable flaws, I still recommend the movie for what it is: a laugh machine.
10/08/07
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
A knockout with wall-to-wall laughs that recalls the actor and directors in their mid-to-late 1990s primes.
10/04/07
Consistently full of laugh-out-loud moments. The sight gags are outrageous, the story is genuinely involving and the whole movie has a bit of sweetness to it.
10/04/07
Peter and Bobby Farrelly's take on the 1972 Neil Simon-Elaine May original is not nearly as funny as you'd like for a movie that reunites them with There's Something About Mary star Ben Stiller in another gross-out romance.
10/04/07
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10/18/08
Top CriticThis is a Farrelly film for adults, if not the entire family, and it's a charmer, honest both to the nature of the loves we choose in haste and the fear that makes us so hasty so often.
10/04/07
While the film needs the put-upon Ben Stiller of Flirting With Disaster or There's Something About Mary, it instead gets the recently emerged, more manic version of Stiller, who immediately throws the humor out of balance.
10/05/07
By now the Farrellys and Stiller should know that what makes comedy honorable and electric isn't morality or affability, but the artful expression of home truths. This Heartbreak Kid makes the mistake of trying to be semi-heartwarming.
10/05/07
Will the Farrellys mine enough gross-out scenes to generate a box-office buzz? The idea that they won't is the air of desperation that hangs over the movie and which, too often, suffocates it.
10/07/07
The sunny setting, attractive leads and reasonably involving story help make The Heartbreak Kid a watchable frippery.
10/02/07
The real heartbreak in this Farrelly Brothers remake of 1972's Neil Simon comedy trifle is that the second half is so much worse than the first.
10/05/07
This remake is ultimately content to be repugnant.
10/05/07
The Farrellys are well-served by an energetic cast who enters into the spirit of the enterprise with unadulterated gusto.
10/05/07
Lowers the bar set by Along Came Polly
10/05/07
Lumpy and sour. A few good laughs, but mostly this is just uninspired, and deeply cynical to boot.
10/05/07
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