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
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It's disappointing to see a comic talent like Ben Stiller slum it in these studio-grade romantic comedies. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Beyond its contagious, wacky humour, the film has a very sweet heart Full Review |
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The dumbing down of the central joke just heightens its nastiness Full Review |
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3/10 |
...largely gross, mean-spirited, frustrating, and ugly. Full Review |
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If The Heartbreak Kid doesn't go totally wrong, its big problem is that doesn't really go anywhere. It just sort of lies there, like dumb Lila on the beach, waiting to turn gold. Full Review |
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2/5 |
[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. Full Review |
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Bobby and Peter Farrelly don't bring any fresh insight or relevance to their remake of The Heartbreak Kid. Mainly, they've taken a decent comedy and turned it into a...decent comedy. Full Review |
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5/10 |
If you watch this film, don’t expect much and you may not be too disappointed. Now there’s a ringing endorsement for ya! Full Review |
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1/6 |
The original's premise has been stripped of anything to do with upward mobility, and except for one shot involving a Prince Albert, the Farrellys' signature shock humor is largely absent. Full Review |
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The elements with which the Farrellys transcend mere gross-out -- pacing, inspired and quirky performances, good writing with an underlying heart -- are missing here, which exposes the underlying creepiness at the heart of the film. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The cast is pitch perfect, with Stiller adding another notable character to his resumé. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Hard-R Farrelly bros. remake offers crude laughs. Full Review |
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Fairly entertaining. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Most jokes land with a thud--particularly the gross-out gags, which nearly ten years after Mary now just feel played out. Full Review |
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The "illegal alien" gag is a lazy joke, contingent on ridiculing otherness in the most insipid ways. Bitches, Mexicans, they all be crazy. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
This sporadically funny Farrellys farce is worth watching (mostly) for Stiller (Ben) and the game Akerman (Malin) in the leads. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Face it: If you've seen one deviated septum gag, you've seen them all. Full Review |
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It may not have been quite the box-office phenomenon that its predecessors were -- and critics may have disliked it enough to keep it down at 20 percent on the Tomatometer --... More...
November 28, 2007:
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October 24, 2007:
Farrellys Fight for Three Stooges
The Three Stooges was supposed to be the Farrelly Brothers' next movie after The Heartbreak Kid in the vein of the old Stooges shorts. Sounds like a much better idea than Stuck... More...
October 21, 2007:
Besides the morally-objectionable storyline, the Farrellys are up to their usual tricks. This means they fill the screen with gratuitous nudity, gross-out bodily function humor, graphically-depicted soft porn and meanspirited potshots at assorted ethnic g 
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