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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:27

Fresh:1

Rotten:26

Average Rating:2.3/10

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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexual content, crude humor and language

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 23, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $4,847,667

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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03/26/09
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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A cringe-inducing flop.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/26/07
Reece Pendleton
Reece Pendleton
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This review is written in a state of posttraumatic shock.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/22/02
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
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Minus a shred of Farrelly wit.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
04/05/01
Peter Travers
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03/29/01
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The film elicits not the voluptuous discomfort stirred by the boys' best corporeal shenanigans but creeping embarrassment for everyone on screen.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/27/01
Jessica Winter
Jessica Winter
Village Voice
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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
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Stroke jokes, prosthesis jokes, jokes about body hair and smells, and jokes involving the private parts of cows can't keep this one afloat.

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03/23/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Not even the beaver jokes are funny in this rangy, uneven Farrelly brothers rip-off.

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03/23/01
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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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
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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
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Boring, distasteful and predictable with brief flashes of wit that don't occur frequently enough to make the wait between chuckles worthwhile.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
03/23/01
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Say It Isn’t So attempts a copycat offensive in distractingly hurky-jerky style; the script moves in fits and starts and the cutting doesn’t smooth things out a bit.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/23/01
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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A film that attempts to milk one gag for 93 long minutes.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/23/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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A horrifyingly moronic comedy that is boring rather than outrageous.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/23/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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These aren't really jokes in the sense that something funny is happening. You're mostly expected to laugh at the idea that there are people who aren't laughing, which is just shallow and incredibly easy.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
03/23/01
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The movie doesn't understand that embarrassment comes in a sudden painful flush of realization; drag it out, and it's not embarrassment anymore, but public humiliation, which is a different condition, and not funny.

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03/23/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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There's no getting around the fact that far from seeming a labor of love, Say It Isn't So seems merely labored.

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03/23/01
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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The jokes about dead animals, gunk in the hair, incest and all other taboos are flatter than the road kill Gilly finds himself picking up for a living.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/22/01
Desson Thomson
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