Friday, 18 January 2008

The Heartbreak Kid (2007) 8/10

Starring : Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, Malin Akerman, Carlos Mencia
Director : Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Running Time : 116 mins

When Eddie Cantrow (Stiller) gets married to Lila (Akerman), a woman he’s only known for 6 weeks, he soon realises the mistake he’s made when he is faced by her strange habits and checkered past, but when he meets an attractive women on his honeymoon named Miranda (Monaghan), he begins a deceitful relationship with her behind his new brides back.

This is almost perfect French farce, with Stiller desperately trying to keep his wife from finding out about his secret woman, but after a while you stop feeling sorry for his character as he becomes somewhat worse than his terrible wife. The humour is slapstick, and if you like Ben Stiller then you’ll enjoy this comedy romp, but don’t expect to be on his side throughout the movie.

You’ll like this if you liked : Good Luck Chuck

1 comment:

Pat R said...

their case for making Stiller's first wife into an annoying monster, etc. was totally un-convincing... it made him look all the more like a lame-o