Meh

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2007)

So, I'll start by saying it was no 40-Year-Old Virgin. I had truly high hopes for this movie because the aforementioned movie was hysterical (I now own it) and I love Paul Rudd with a firey passion. This movie disappointed me for a couple of reasons: One, I think the editors could have removed 45 minutes of running time without depriving the audience of one significant joke or plot detail.
Two, unlike "Virgin," there was not a lot of comfortable humor. The majority of my laughs were the product of being so immensely uncomfortable with the on screen conversations or images that I knew not what else to do but emit a nervous, God-make-it-stop giggle that barely functioned to ease my pain. I think I laughed mostly because I *wanted* it to be a comedy, but in fact it's really more serious than the trailers make it out to be. I remember getting a similar feeling while watching The Break Up (Vince Vaughan and Jennifer Aniston)--that some of the "jokes" were just a little too-close-to-home to take as light-heartedly as the filmmakers seemed to insinuate they should be taken. Like: Here's the worst possible situation that could ever happen to you--isn't that FUNNY?! And you're sitting in the theatre thinking, "Um, not really--but I'll laugh so I don't feel like I just wasted ten bucks." I'm not saying that the movie has nothing to recommend it--I'm just saying that it is at times fairly painful to watch. Enjoy :D