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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.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 3 hrs 24 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:05-10-2007

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... 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 bachelor who is tired of having his foulmouthed father (Jerry Stiller) and henpecked friend (Rob Corddry) give him a hard time for not being married. So when he meets the seemingly perfect Lila (Malin Ackerman), he decides to marry her--despite knowing her for only six weeks. On their honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, he realizes his mistake when Lila reveals her true colors, which turn out to be quite ugly. While Lila recovers from a sunburn, Eddie meets fellow vacationer Miranda (Michelle Monaghan) and falls in love. He must break the news to both women before they find out the truth. After the more standard romantic comedy of FEVER PITCH, Bobby and Peter Farrelly are back to the gross-out comedy that made them famous in films such as THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. This is the first time they've re-teamed with Stiller since that landmark film, and it proves a far better marriage than Eddie and Lila's. Ackerman may be most famous to date for a small role in HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, but she's fearless in this part. The Farrellys have always been fans of bodily humor, and Ackerman's Lila gets to be the butt of the joke most often, largely thanks to her character's deviated septum. There are several moments here that threaten to top the infamous hair-gel scene in THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY as far as groans and giggles go. [More]

Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller

Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Screenwriter: Scot Armstrong, Kevin Barnett, Leslie Dixon, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Producer: Ted Field, Bradley Thomas
Composer: Brendan Ryan, Bill Ryan
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Fairly entertaining.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
10/20/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The performances are almost uniformly engaging, with Stiller cycling through a catalog of sputtering resistance ploys that still work, no matter their familiarity.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/13/07
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Screen International

Enjoyable comedy with several big laughs, though it runs out of steam way before the end and is badly let down by a messy final act.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/05/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Less raucous than Dumb and Dumber and has a performance from Ben Stiller that proves he can act better than most people give him credit for.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
10/05/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

A misogynist tract masquerading as a cheeky sex romp.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment 1 Comment
10/05/07
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
thelondonpaper

Stiller's timing rescues the first half, but his character is so dislikeable that the movie has nothing left going for it when the punchlines dry up, except for some smirking cynicism about relationships.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
10/05/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Whatever else Stiller is, he's not a "kid", and his behaviour as a 40-year-old looks even more ludicrous than Charles Grodin's did in the original.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/05/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The Farrelly brothers are back with their most satisfying comedy in a long while.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/05/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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The whirring sound you hear is that of Neil Simon, screenwriter of the 1972 film on which this is louchely based, spinning in his retirement.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
10/05/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

The disappointing upshot is that there is more calculated crudity than joie de vivre.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
10/05/07
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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Lumpy and sour. A few good laughs, but mostly this is just uninspired, and deeply cynical to boot.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/05/07
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film
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Too little soul to be sweet, too little energy to be a gagfest, the Farrelly Brothers squeeze out just enough laughs to make this watchable, but nowhere near enough to make it great. It breaks your heart, it really does...

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
10/05/07
Total Film
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The film’s best moment by far comes from Eddie’s under-the-thumb buddy Mac (Rob Corddry), who advises that the key to a healthy marriage is to ‘plaster on a smile and wait patiently for the sweet embrace of death’.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/05/07
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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Stiller's Eddie is a thoroughly unsympathetic character; whiny, judgemental and utterly undeserving of the women who somehow fall for him.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
10/05/07
Ruth Ford
Ruth Ford
Sky Movies

For all its fluffed moments and saggy end, how many other films this year feature a donkey with an erection?

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/05/07
Empire Magazine
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The sunny setting, attractive leads and reasonably involving story help make The Heartbreak Kid a watchable frippery.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
10/02/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
BBC
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Lively and watchable, but never as funny or astute as it should be.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/27/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The dumbing down of the central joke just heightens its nastiness

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/27/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

...largely gross, mean-spirited, frustrating, and ugly.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/15/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/18/08
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