The biggest problem with the movie is timidity. The Farrellys ... refuse to take the needed step of making star Ben Stiller totally unsympathetic.
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10/06/07
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
41 - 60 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
An insane role reversal that positions the gorgeous trophy bride as the unrequited ugly duckling to Ben Stiller's geeky womanizing newlywed stud.
10/06/07
A mostly unfunny dumbing-down of the 1972 version, leaving out the subtleties of social class and ethnic friction of Neil Simon's script.
10/06/07
The Farrellys' The Heartbreak Kid is a seemingly sketchy and erratic farce that begs for some of the wayward cinematic siblings' trademark outlandish quirkiness.
10/06/07
If There's Something About Mary is the Farrelly brothers' gold standard for quality, The Heartbreak Kid comes in as pyrite--or fool's gold.
10/06/07
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10/06/07
Top Critic'Please be shocked into fits of laughter by our impish rudeness!' the Farrellys seem to say. 'Please forget the other, better R-rated comedies you've seen this year!'
10/06/07
OK, just so long as you don’t expect the old Farrelly magic.
10/06/07
With the brilliance of what Stiller has done before to compare it to, the title seems fitting on a couple of levels.
10/06/07
A bitter disappointment.
10/05/07
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
The Heartbreak Kid represents less a return to form than a worn regurgitation of past success.
10/05/07
Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly brothers flick.
10/05/07
Overall the film is limp and, for long stretches, quite tedious.
10/05/07
Though not as engaging as Knocked Up, there is enough humor to keeps us entertained.
10/05/07
Top CriticThere's just not enough of what we've come to expect from the Farrellys: gut-busting laughs, jaw-dropping gross-outs and heart-tugging sincerity.
10/05/07
Lowers the bar set by Along Came Polly
10/05/07
Strip away the appalling gross-out gags and you'd be left with a movie worth seeing.
10/05/07
It's still pretty funny to see Ben Stiller take one -- or eight -- for the team.
10/05/07
[It] won't get any prizes for its nuanced examination of the human heart. But it is straightforward and honest about the absurd, if sometimes defensible, price of placing desire above reason. It is also, yes, extremely funny at times.
10/05/07
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