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I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry

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I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007)

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Reviews Counted:152

Fresh:20

Rotten:132

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: Whether by way of inept comedy or tasteless stereotypes, I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry falters on both levels.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, language and drug references.

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:21-09-2007

Synopsis: Two comedy dynamos unite in this comedy from director Dennis Dugan (PARENTHOOD, HAPPY GILMORE). Brooklyn firefighters Larry Valentine (Kevin James) and Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) have watched each... Two comedy dynamos unite in this comedy from director Dennis Dugan (PARENTHOOD, HAPPY GILMORE). Brooklyn firefighters Larry Valentine (Kevin James) and Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) have watched each other's back since they met in the Academy even though they are different as can be. Playboy Chuck can't get enough of the ladies and they can't get enough of him. Larry, meanwhile, is a widower raising two young children and still grieving the death of his wife. When Larry saves Chuck's life on a call, he comes up with a unique way for his buddy to repay him: having missed the opportunity to name his children beneficiaries, he asks Chuck to act as his domestic partner so that his children will be provided for if tragedy strikes. But these two buddies soon find themselves the subject of an investigation by the city. Enter Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel), their highly attractive attorney who leaves Chuck desperately wishing he wasn't pretending to be gay. Initially, Chuck and Larry are as guilty of making stereotypical gay jokes as the next average Joe. In fact, pretty much any and every gay joke and stereotype turns up in this film. But their attitudes change when the shoe is on the other foot and they find themselves and their new gay friends the subject of discrimination, mocking and name-calling. Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Richard Chamberlain, and Nicholas Turturro have supporting roles, and musicians Lance Bass and Dave Matthews make brief appearances. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alumni also abound: watch for Rachel Dratch, David Spade, and Rob Schneider in small roles, while Dan Akroyd plays the boys' captain. [More]

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Schneider

Director: Dennis Dugan

Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriter: Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Producer: Michael Bostick, Tom Shadyac, Adam Sandler
Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Studio: Universal Pictures

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One of the year's most stunningly feeble offerings.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
11/27/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

This film is stupid, but it has a reckless bravery... and I found myself giggling more than once.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/08/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Typical Sandler comedy overflows with stereotypes.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/31/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Homosexuality for dummies. That is, until Ving Rhames steals everybody else's thunder as the most macho guy in the firehouse and on the down low, who decides it's time to finally come out in the communal shower.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
10/30/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Even before the 'gay' plot kicks in, the mix of bloated 'heroic' action with toilet humor and plugs for Hooters is unbearable...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
10/26/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Den ehoyn adiko osoi apokaloyn ayton ton gamo anorimotitas kai sygkratimenis epanastatikotitas, tainia gia ta dikaiomata ton gay, ftiagmeni gia omofobikoys eterofylofiloys. Giati oso ki an paleyei na yperaspistei tin apodohi toy alliotikoy deihnontas tin

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
10/14/07
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

For my taste, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" is a less than perfect union.

Full Review Source: Cinemaclips.com | comment Comment
09/13/07
Roger Tennis
Roger Tennis
Cinemaclips.com

Would be less offensive with a title like "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Flaming."

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
09/03/07
Stephen Himes
Stephen Himes
Film Snobs

Taking offense to a film about tolerance just because it's aimed squarely at Middle America is itself intolerant. Chuck and Larry's crime is it doesn't maintain its most audacious bits and it's never funny enough.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
08/29/07
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

This film is made for less discerning tastes; that is, for those viewers to whom a running gag that has Sandler sitting in kid-sized chairs that inevitably break from under him is the pinnacle of hilarity.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/27/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
08/17/07
Sydney Morning Herald

Ving Rhames gets it in a way that Adam Sandler never will.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
08/16/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

There's nothing believable in Chuck and Larry, but with its ultra likeable cast, there is some fun to be had, despite the politically incorrect, homophobic, trite, dated and predictable laughs it generates.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/11/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

The makers of Chuck & Larry probably think they've accomplished something meaningful, but what they've really done is make a gay Soul Man.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
08/04/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

While constantly spouting its be-kind-to-your-neighborhood-queer sermons, every dated, vicious stereotype of being a homosexual is dragged out again and again in this Adam Sandler vehicle.

Full Review Source: CultureCatch | comment Comment
08/03/07
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
CultureCatch

James has a big screen quality that reminded me of Chris Farley, who could also find a way to be both sweet and funny

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
08/02/07
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

There's a good movie to be found in [here], but it's repeatedly sabotaged by the desire to placate typical Sandler fans who, God forbid, wouldn't want their boy to get too, you know, fruity on them.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
08/02/07
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

An arranged fiasco that should have been annulled back in the planning stages

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
07/31/07
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Overall, if you like Adam Sandler movies this one won't disappoint.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
07/30/07
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

When it isn't stupid and offensive, it's stupid and condescending -- I now pronounce I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry a four-alarm flaming pile of crap.

Full Review Source: Echo Magazine | comment Comment
07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine
 
 
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