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I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry

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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, language and drug references.

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 20, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $119,684,970

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... 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 other's back since they met in the Academy even though they are different as can be. Playboy Chuck can't get enough of the ladies and they can't get enough of him. Larry, meanwhile, is a widower raising two young children and still grieving the death of his wife. When Larry saves Chuck's life on a call, he comes up with a unique way for his buddy to repay him: having missed the opportunity to name his children beneficiaries, he asks Chuck to act as his domestic partner so that his children will be provided for if tragedy strikes. But these two buddies soon find themselves the subject of an investigation by the city. Enter Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel), their highly attractive attorney who leaves Chuck desperately wishing he wasn't pretending to be gay. Initially, Chuck and Larry are as guilty of making stereotypical gay jokes as the next average Joe. In fact, pretty much any and every gay joke and stereotype turns up in this film. But their attitudes change when the shoe is on the other foot and they find themselves and their new gay friends the subject of discrimination, mocking and name-calling. Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Richard Chamberlain, and Nicholas Turturro have supporting roles, and musicians Lance Bass and Dave Matthews make brief appearances. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alumni also abound: watch for Rachel Dratch, David Spade, and Rob Schneider in small roles, while Dan Akroyd plays the boys' captain. [More]

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Schneider

Director: Dennis Dugan

Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriter: Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Producer: Michael Bostick, Tom Shadyac, Adam Sandler
Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Displays considerable heart

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

What truly makes [the film] so detestable is its disingenuous attempt to justify itself with a tacked-on call for acceptance of all people and lifestyles.

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
07/15/09
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

They could have focused more on the similarities of best friends and a gay couple. Instead, they just try to offend everyone in sight and then act sorry at the end.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

You know a movie is going to be bad when Rob Schneider shows up as a Chinese wedding chapel minister. No, come to think of it, you know a movie is going to be bad when Rob Schneider shows up at all

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

Above all the idiotic shenanigans and brutally offensive conversation, Chuck & Larry is flat-out a badly made movie.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/14/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

As complex as a garden-variety sitcom...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
12/01/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

One of the year's most stunningly feeble offerings.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
11/27/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

This film is stupid, but it has a reckless bravery... and I found myself giggling more than once.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/08/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Typical Sandler comedy overflows with stereotypes.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/31/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Homosexuality for dummies. That is, until Ving Rhames steals everybody else's thunder as the most macho guy in the firehouse and on the down low, who decides it's time to finally come out in the communal shower.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
10/30/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Even before the 'gay' plot kicks in, the mix of bloated 'heroic' action with toilet humor and plugs for Hooters is unbearable...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
10/26/07
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Den ehoyn adiko osoi apokaloyn ayton ton gamo anorimotitas kai sygkratimenis epanastatikotitas, tainia gia ta dikaiomata ton gay, ftiagmeni gia omofobikoys eterofylofiloys. Giati oso ki an paleyei na yperaspistei tin apodohi toy alliotikoy deihnontas tin

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
10/14/07
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

In essence Dennis Duggan's film is patronising and a little degrading.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
09/21/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Adam Sandler adds here to his lengthening charge sheet as the most repellent "entertainer" on the planet.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
09/21/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is a comedy of masquerade that Shakespeare might have written if he were pea-brained and talentless and had been commissioned to script an Adam Sandler movie.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
09/21/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

My faith in a beneficent God, never strong, has been shattered by news that Alexander Payne contributed to the screenplay for this horrific new Adam Sandler vehicle.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Pronouncing Adam Sandler’s latest comedy anything but a disaster of Chernobyl-sized proportions is beyond me.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

The film-makers behind I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry would probably claim a message of tolerance and personal growth, but this woeful Adam Sandler vehicle is as nasty a piece of sniggering homophobia as I have seen in a long time.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
09/21/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

It's not just homosexuals who will be outraged by this crass farce.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/21/07
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Channel 4 Film

Veering between kneejerk homophobia and PC proselytising for gay rights – often in the same scene – Dennis Dugan’s comedy is an unhappy union.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
09/21/07
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
Total Film
 
 
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