The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 156
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 111
Despite some amiable performances, The Heartbreak Kid is neither as daring nor as funny as the Farrelly Brothers' earlier films.
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 27
Despite some amiable performances, The Heartbreak Kid is neither as daring nor as funny as the Farrelly Brothers' earlier films.
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When 40-year-old San Francisco bachelor Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) attends the wedding of his ex-fiancée -- and is seated at a "singles table" full of children -- he realizes maybe he's been too picky in his love life, and it's time to settle down. Fortunately, he doesn't have to compromise his standards when he meets Lila (Malin Akerman), a funny, attractive blond who does environmental research for a living. Lila's company wants to relocate her to Europe, but only because she's single -- they
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Danny McBride
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All Critics (160) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (113) | DVD (21)
If The Heartbreak Kid doesn't go totally wrong, its big problem is that doesn't really go anywhere. It just sort of lies there, like dumb Lila on the beach, waiting to turn gold.
Top CriticThe original's premise has been stripped of anything to do with upward mobility, and except for one shot involving a Prince Albert, the Farrellys' signature shock humor is largely absent.
[A] hit-or-miss, not-as-bad-as-you've-heard remake of the 1972 minor classic.
It just falls flat, flat, flat.
Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly brothers flick.
Though not as engaging as Knocked Up, there is enough humor to keeps us entertained.
A miserable pathetic mean spirited effort on the Farrelly brothers who continue to squander away any and all potential for brilliance on Ben Stiller who just hits those flat notes on every single film he stars in...
The dumbing down of the central joke just heightens its nastiness
...the movie is a dud; the video quality of this Blu-ray edition is outstanding. Small compensation. (Blu-ray Edition)
...largely gross, mean-spirited, frustrating, and ugly.
There's a selection of the usual sorts of extras: four featurettes, a set of deleted scenes, a reel of outtakes, and the movie trailer.
[The] 2007 remake delivers a lot of laughs despite the fact we're clearly supposed to root for and feel sorry for the cad ... no matter how squirmy or awful his actions.
Bobby and Peter Farrelly don't bring any fresh insight or relevance to their remake of The Heartbreak Kid. Mainly, they've taken a decent comedy and turned it into a...decent comedy.
If you watch this film, don't expect much and you may not be too disappointed. Now there's a ringing endorsement for ya!
It's disappointing to see a comic talent like Ben Stiller slum it in these studio-grade romantic comedies.
An unwatchable mess like this is exactly what you ought to expect from anybody with the unmitigated gall to overhaul Neil Simon.
While there are plenty of raunchy jokes, Bobby and Peter Farrelly are more mature [and] when it comes to characters worth caring about, The Heartbreak Kid is worth adding to the library.
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This is a tad similar to some of his previous films, mainly 'Meet The Parents', the poster is even close, but its so enjoyable and the characters are all very likable. The humour is just right, you can relate to it, it has alittle slapstick and also quite sharp here and there. Its all very predictable of course but that's OK, this is just a fun ride to make you feel good, nothing to special though.
'if your wife asks you to cock her hard on her honeymoon, then you cock her hard god dammit'
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Foreign Titles
- The Heartbreak Kid (1972) (DE)
- The Heartbreak Kid (1972) (UK)
