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Say It Isn't So

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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... 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 crude comedy that finds laughs in a series of outrageous situations. Working from a script by first-timers Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow, the film tells the confused story of orphan Gilly Noble (Chris Klein), who is employed at an animal shelter in Shelbyville, Indiana. When he lands in the barber's chair of the beautiful Jo Wingfield (Heather Graham), he's convinced he's found the woman of his dreams. A passionate, steamy romance develops, but when Gilly finds out that he and Jo are actually offspring from the same parents, Valdine (Sally Field) and Walter Wingfield (Richard Jenkins), he becomes a social outcast. Jo flees to Beaver, Oregon, to reunite with her former fiancé, the wealthy but conniving Jack Mitchelson (Eddie Cibrian), but when Gilly learns that he isn't Jo's brother after all, he must track her down to win back her affections. Unfortunately, Valdine wants Jack's money, so she will do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out. Featuring likeable performances by both Klein and Graham, Rogers's debut is a raucous comedy with a solid supporting cast. [More]

Starring: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins

Starring: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins, Orlando Jones, Eddie Cibrian, Jack Plotnick, John Rothman, Lin Shaye, Ezra Buzzington, Brent Hinkley, Jack Pellegrino, Courtney Peldon, Richard Riehle, Sarah Silverman

Director: J.B. Rogers

Director: J.B. Rogers
Screenwriter: Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow
Producer: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Bradley Thomas
Composer: Mason Daring
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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There's nothing crude about the comedy's skillful execution.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
03/27/01
Michael Tunison
Michael Tunison
Boxoffice Magazine

This movie is just stupid.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
03/26/01
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

most of their jokes are forced, silly, or just not funny

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
03/26/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

As creepily funny as the premise is, the execution leaves something to be desired.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
03/24/01
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

But it is so. In fact, it's so-so. As in mediocre.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
03/23/01
Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

Whether you will laugh at Say It Isn't So will depend on your appreciation for crude, gross, outrageous jokes.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
03/23/01
Tom Sander
Tom Sander
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

It's gross, all right. It's just not very funny.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
03/23/01
Pam Sitt
Pam Sitt
Seattle Times

A one-joke, one-note turkey that works over Sam Shepard's Fool for Love as a mistaken identity farce hammered into the Mary blueprint, but without any of its invention, energy or heart.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/23/01
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Despite a fun and goofy opening, and a decent, if outlandish premise, the film squanders the latter and doesn't maintain the former, thus resulting in an overall lackluster comedy.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Stroke jokes, prosthesis jokes, jokes about body hair and smells, and jokes involving the private parts of cows can't keep this one afloat.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/23/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Not even the beaver jokes are funny in this rangy, uneven Farrelly brothers rip-off.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
03/23/01
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

One slapstick misunderstanding after another.

Full Review Source: Ottawa Citizen | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jay Stone
Jay Stone
Ottawa Citizen

Say isn't nearly as funny as Mary. But when it is funny, it's funny in the same tasteless way.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Even by the proudly vulgar, dumbed-down standards of the Farrelly Brothers' novelty products, Say It Isn't So is an uninspired dud.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/23/01
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Lacks the inspiration, genuine wit and raunchy charm of 1998's outrageous There's Something About Mary.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/23/01
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

There are a few giggles among the grossness, but with movie tickets going for more than $7 a pop these days, don't you want more?

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
03/23/01
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A scattershot shock comedy that bounces between romantic cliche and new-millennium risque to the point of irritation and, all too quickly, boredom.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
03/23/01
Brian McTavish
Brian McTavish
Kansas City Star

Say It Isn't So is the kind of movie that makes Dumb & Dumber and Kingpin, a couple of early Farrelly Brothers movies I was not fond of, seem like comedic triumphs.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
03/23/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

The last time I felt so guilty about laughing so heartily at something so lowbrow and gross was at There's Something About Mary.

Full Review Source: Calgary Sun | comment Comment
03/23/01
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Calgary Sun

It's as funny as Tom Green's stinking dead raccoon.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/23/01
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies
 
 
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