2007 Directed by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.
Steadfastly underappreciated, Peter and Bobby Farrelly's "The Heartbreak Kid" is a surprisingly appealing comedy of romantic errors. Starring Ben Stiller as an everyman whose life is upended by an ill-thought-out marriage, the film weaves light raunch and satisfying romance for a spirited and enjoyable piece of work.
Revolving around Stiller's sporting goods mini-magnate, "The Heartbreak Kid" follows as its protagonist becomes entangled with and, subsequently, married to a woman who quickly impacts his life. Just as quickly, she becomes intolerable and leaves Stiller's lead to contemplate different and more apt romantic pairings.
The story layers enough character, laughs, and energy to be inviting; and the brothers Farrelly balance the over-the-top with the genuinely warm. The film is neatly assembled and,…
It's a shame, since the first 45 minutes of "The Heartbreak Kid" have tons of laugh-out-loud moments. However, the second half turns relentlessly stupid, making the characters completely unlikable, losing all of the film's momentum.
The Heartbreak Kid features an always likable Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan is really hot but other than that it isn't funny, sweet, or entertaining. It's a huge mess and honestly a big WTF. The title is also terrible and does not fit the movie.
Seriously underrated. The original offered a much-needed corrective to Benjamin Braddock. Since then, that entitled, half-checked man-child has given rise to fully spoiled, completely unchecked man-children, and the Farrelly's version exaggerates to skewer Braddock's progeny. The directors and Stiller did this before with There's Something About Mary, but this goes even darker, removing Mary's semi-cop-out ending in favor of suggesting a never-ending cycle of misogyny and self-justification spewed by the sort of scrawny fool who loves to call himself a Nice Guy whenever he gets rejected. Brutal, brutal stuff.
Am I the only one that would indeed choose Michelle Monaghan over Malin Akerman, even if the latter didn't behave like an absolute psycho like she did in this film? I think I'm still under the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang effect.
A romantic comedy with Ben Stiller in? It was going to work as well as a violent mafia based film with the lead role being done by Bette Midler.
Whilst on honeymoon, Ben Stiller falls in love with another woman who is married. Oh how the hilarity ensues.
When your wife asks you to cock here, you cock her good.
So after watching the classic original, I put on this contemporary remake as I cleaned my appt, in curiosity of how “a modernized telling” could offer anything of substance. I can even remember wanting to see this when it originally came out since the premise sounded interesting, I just never got around to it.
Well now I have and lemme tell you, big mistake.
It utterly bastardizes the original's thematic depth, character dynamics, and moral dilemmas.
All for the sake of what? Cheap gags, unoriginal punchlines, gross-out humor, and awkward jokes that kill any sense of moral ambiguity or thematic richness. It's like the film set out to be a shallow bore.
It has the gall to villainizes the character…
Wife's pick. Caught this on Netflix. Thought it would be ok because it's a Farrelley Brothers flick and I haven't seen it. (I love Danny McBride and Ben Stiller though so we went with it)
Meh. It was ok. My wife has seen it before and didn't care for it the second time either.
Didn't like the ending all that much.
It's on Netflix if you're looking for something different or haven't seen it before stream it once but don't pay for it.
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A Farrelly brothers remake of what had been a Neil Simon screenplay... couldn't figure out whether I'd love or hate it. Well, I'll tell you, it's pretty easy to identify the Farrelly parts, and I hated those, but I could see where it could have been a much better movie. Malin Akerman especially has some funny moments with the little tiny things that drive her new husband up the wall. Overall I'd much rather go back and watch the original movie without random gross-out body humor added in to a story in which it Does Not Fit.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Heartbreak Kid < Company (2011)
The Heartbreak Kid > Nick Nolte: No Exit
The Heartbreak Kid > Cinderella (1965)
The…
Watched this cause I'm staying at the resort where it was filmed... holy shit, so mindblowingly bad I don't even know where to start
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