The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Caught this one on TV -- glad I didn't pay to see it. The Heartbreak Kid is pretty awful.

Compared to the original ...this is absolute garbage. This movie is geared for the 13-14 year old that would find this movie funny. This not a put down to 13-14 year old. I would find it funny at 14 too. 90% of all movies are geared to this age group today. Spiderman-superman-wonder woman etc

The Heartbreak Kid had some good moments and interest that brought the film alive in the first half only to be let down badly in the second half. Hence the 5/10 rating. Just when we thought a twist was in the air and Ben Stiller's character would find love in this unusual story it took a dive for the worst and contained silly moments. It went beyond funny and plain stupid. A lot of the time a bit of care and good direction is needed for these comedies to fly, otherwise they collapse on themselves. Watching the second half of this film you get the impression that the producers let the film finish and direct itself. Despite its flaws it showcases good performances from Michelle Monaghan and Ben Stiller.

Well, maybe in private life, god bless him. He's a comedic actor, and therefore I want to see him get the sh*t. I want to see him get his nads caught in a zipper on his prom date with his dream girl whilst wearing dental braces in his pimply face, to name one scene that comes to mind. I don't want to have to witness him date the two cutest girls on face of the earth for 90 minutes. That would maybe be a romantic date movie, but not a comedy. Do I really have to spell this out the Farrelly brothers, the innovators of the comedic genre in the 1990ies? How on earth could it go all so wrong? One of my suspicion: Too many writers. Then: Let them do comedy, for Pete's sakes! Not romance. Then: The whole movie is visually way to perfect for a comedy. In the DVD commentary, the Farrelly brothers claim that this is their best-looking movie to date. Only too true, and part of the problem. I felt like I was watching a commercial by the Mexican tourism board. (Although it's an interesting point that while "There's Something ..." idealized Miami, it was still funny. But then the plot didn't involve a honeymoon.) Next: Crude can be funny. But crude must not be funny. Crude can be just crude. I'll just say "C*ck me", queefs and donkeyrape. Again, who am I telling this to? Next, this was the first movie that made me feel that the Farrellys are just out of touch. If accused of being gay, you don't fervently deny it. It's OK for women to fart or get sunburns. "Bad music taste" and a dodgy nasal septum don't qualify as divorce reasons.A short sequence of the movie where the Farrelly manage to rekindle their own style is where Ben Stiller escapes from Mexico. So they still have it in them. Let's all just pray that they don't't attempt to do romance anymore.