It's no 'Knocked Up', but it'll do.
The Farrelly brothers, the ones responsible for Something About Mary, have created another comedic gem: 'The Heartbreak Kid' (2007), starring Ben Stiller. To be honest, I wouldn't have seen it in the theaters, if it weren't for a sneak preview I lucked into. And I'm glad I did. There isn't much genuine heart to it (that's what made 'Knocked Up' more than a gem - a masterpiece, even.) but there is no shortage of laughs. It was fun, entertaining and well-paced all the way through, despite its amazingly predictable plot.
Many of the jokes in this flick are sleepers - that is, a line or a fact is innocently said early in the film. Forty minutes later, it pays off unexpectedly.
The plot can be found here, at IMDB. It's definitely worth seeing, and, while its views on romance wind up being pretty cynical, it remains a good date movie.
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