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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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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is not as hilarious as it thinks it is, profound as it pretends to be, or tolerant as it intends.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
07/19/07
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

Chuck & Larry is such an abysmal stab at comedy on every conceivable level that I wish there was a hate group we could join to protest it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 1 Comment
07/19/07
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

takes place in a magical New York City where Adam Sandler (minus the bazillion dollars he has in the bank and the Porsche he drives down the street) is a beefcake calendar superstar who carouses with the entire female staff of Hooter's Chinatown.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
07/19/07
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

When the movie finally attempts to have a redeeming message, it's not as much a case of trying to eat your cake and have it too as it is trying to walk with your foot jammed firmly in your mouth.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment 1 Comment
07/19/07
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

Can the occasion of overgrown-fratboy goofball Adam Sandler and resolutely vanilla sitcom dad Kevin James in fagface be anything other than an invitation to laugh at icky queery flamboyant homos?

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
07/19/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

could be lightly described as flippin' horrendous

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/19/07
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Each and every character is cookie cutter stupid and I couldn't wait to leave the theater.

Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
07/19/07
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Beaumont Journal

It's kind of like "Tootsie," only without the drag. Or the class. Or the laughs.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
07/19/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

its mild pleasures are spoiled by its belief that homophobic humor can be somehow sanitized by a cheesy Shylock-ripoff speech about how it's who we are as people that really matters. As if.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
07/19/07
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry works hard at not being offensive. It just doesn't work hard enough at being good.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
07/19/07
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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In the proper hands this could have come off as genuine, but under the direction of Dennis Dugan and the empire that is Adam Sandler, it's just a vehicle for cheap shots, reusable jokes, and tired clichés.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment 1 Comment
07/19/07
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

There are gags here that may be older than the film's stars.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/19/07
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry stumbles around like a Cher impersonator missing one red sequined pump.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
07/19/07
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Adam Sandler and Kevin James play courageous Brooklyn firefighters and best friends in this comedy that seems designed to be as bad as it can be.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
07/19/07
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

If there's a saving grace, and there is, it's that the movie strives, in its often-awkward way, for acceptance. And how bad can that be?

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/19/07
Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic

Plays on male fears of women and homosexuality so well that you'd think the movie had been made by actual 15-year-olds.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/19/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Ends up patronizing both the frat-boy Sandler audience -- presuming they need lectures on tolerance -- and the potential gay audience.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment 2 Comments
07/19/07
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

Perhaps the funniest thing about the movie is seeing how little chemistry there is between Sandler and Jessica Biel, who plays his love interest. (As strange as it sounds, Sandler has more chemistry with James.)

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
07/19/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Whatever gay stereotypes exist in this movie -- and they probably number in the hundreds -- the writers of the comedy are much tougher on morbidly obese people, hot women, the homeless, mailmen, unattractive women and particularly Asians.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/19/07
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle

No comedy this year can beat this dud for mealy-mouthed hypocrisy.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
07/19/07
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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