No comedy this year can beat this dud for mealy-mouthed hypocrisy.
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07/19/07
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames
Director: Dennis Dugan
Reviews for I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
This painfully uncomfortable buddy comedy trips all over itself to say something positive while still managing to offend. Worse still, it's just not funny.
07/19/07
If Dugan's crude, occasionally effective effort ends up chipping away at America's moron class regarding gay rights, that'll be nice. But even unrepentant homophobes deserve funnier.
07/19/07
Raunchy, testosterone-driven Adam Sandler comedy with a relevant message about tolerance and acceptance.
07/19/07
A big, flamboyant cartwheel backwards for gay rights.
07/19/07
I now pronounce it better than you'd think.
07/19/07
Essentially, Chuck & Larry is an oafish chance for audiences to laugh at gay-bashing jokes and then feel morally redeemed for doing so.
07/19/07
That anyone in their right minds could be fooled into thinking that two hours of overt homophobia with a disingenuous punch line about tolerance is okay makes me pig-biting mad.
07/19/07
I feel compelled to apologize about laughing at Chuck and Larry, like many Sandler films less a movie than a fistful of funny moments.
07/19/07
So much of it hinges on depicting a person's gay lifestyle as a punchline that the third act's aim for political correctness feels hypocritical and dishonest.
07/19/07
I now pronounce you terminally confused.
07/19/07
For what could have been a stupid gross-out comedy (and let's face it, in the end it still ain't Masterpiece Theatre) has the ever-so-slightest hint of wit and goodwill.
07/19/07
The seditious accomplishments of "Chuck and Larry" may be entirely lost on millions of Sandler fans, who will squirm through their laughter and ultimately come to understand what intolerance feels like.
07/19/07
For every stale homophobic joke there's a sheepish nod to political correctness, and just to be safe director Dennis Dugan plays the firefighter card at every opportunity.
07/19/07
A film that spends much of its time laughing at gay people can't redeem itself by laughing hollowly with them in the end.
07/19/07
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is a pretend-to-be-gay firefighter's farce that is entirely too stupid and crude to tote its alleged 'message' about tolerance through the flames to safety.
07/19/07
The writers and director Dennis Dugan conspire to be gutsy in a gutless way.
07/19/07
This is indeed an equal opportunity movie. But it's also a movie that beats its one joke into the ground.
07/19/07
They go at it with such beguiling gusto and heart that I totally bought the movie’s dust-covered message about the primacy of friendship over sexual preference.
07/19/07
What were they thinking? Simple: They weren't.
07/19/07
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