Poor timing and muffed set pieces are compounded by implausibility and inconsequence.
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02/09/06
Say It Isn't So (2001)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:9
Rotten:93
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Those that haven't tired from Farrelly brothers' brand of comedy may still find some laughs here. Otherwise, the slow pacing and unimaginative shock gags will start to wear on the viewer.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: With SAY IT ISN'T SO, the Farrelly Brothers (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, DUMB AND DUMBER) give their former First Assistant Director J. B. Rogers a shot at the big time. The result is another... [More]
Starring: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins
Director: J.B. Rogers
Reviews for Say It Isn't So
Top CriticAvoid like your life depended on it.
10/30/02
The pedestrian, predictable plot isn't really important; the film seems to exist merely as an excuse to string together gross-out sequences.
12/10/01
You really know a film is dead in the water when it runs for 97 minutes and feels too long.
09/10/01
This film is a hogwhimpering disgrace for all concerned.
08/10/01
Top CriticYou will laugh, and you’ll often feel embarrassed that you have. But you’ll feel more embarrassed for the actors who suffer the indignities of this material.
06/18/01
Top CriticWith only a smattering of genuine giggles strewn across 90 minutes, this is heavy-handed comedy of the very worst kind.
06/15/01
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03/26/09
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08/07/08
What we have here is a wannabe-outrageous comedy that flirts with the last taboo but then retreats.
08/18/07
A cringe-inducing flop.
02/26/07
Flat, borderline banal comedy that in theory includes all the ingredients of the Farrelly brothers (who here serve as producers) about the seemingly incestuous relationship between siblings Chris Klein and Heather Graham
12/01/06
The Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter, are beginning to make the same mistake that the Zucker brothers (Jerry and David, along with Jim Abrahams) made, which was to split up and take increasingly less responsibility for their films.
05/26/06
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09/26/05
Top CriticThere are few laughs to be had during the running time of Say It Isn't So...
02/25/03
This movie sinks or swims on its humor, and frankly, the Farrellys don't appear to have been very good swimming instructors.
02/08/03
Say It Isn't So proves to be an all too apt title.
12/08/02
If it were up to me, I would make sure the Farrellys never made another film, or at least that I never had to see another.
10/21/02
Credit goes largely to the charm of Ms. Graham and Mr. Klein, both of whom exude a natural, sunny innocence that contrasts starkly with the naughty incest jokes swirling around them.
10/15/02
First-time director J. B. Rogers and new screenwriters Peter Gualke and Jerry Swallow appear determined to include as many gross-out scenes as possible at the expense of telling a believable story.
08/02/02
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