Funny vulgarity at its best

Rating: 9/10 (17 June 2007)

This was a really funny movie. First of all let me preface this review by saying that my life and that of the character played by Paul Rudd could be interchangeable. My wife and I went to see it, and we both laughed out loud through the whole thing. Is it hard to believe that this tubby loser could score a squared away hottie like this? Sure it is, but I don't always watch movies for realism. The friends were beyond hilarious, and every scene that they were in was hysterical. It reminded me of what it was like when I was 21 and things were much more simple in the world. Having the ability to be able to lay all responsibilities on the side and enjoy the moment you are in is not such a bad thing in moderation, and the buddy characters really pulled it off. Paul Rudd was so funny that I started wishing that I had a friend just like him about half way through the movie. I knew before I went into this movie how it was going to end. Loser lands babe, then loses her, then transforms his life and gets her back. It is one of the oldest plot lines in the book. Movies do not have to be about the plot. Sometimes they can rely on dialog and characters, which this movie does spectacularly. This is not Casablanca, but I don't think that any of us will mistakenly watch it thinking that it is. My wife and I almost never agree on what is funny, and even in this movie we found that we were often laughing when the other wasn't, but we both laughed....a lot. Sometimes we even laughed at the same parts, which was a nice change of pace. If people in this world are still capable of being honest with themselves, I think that they will agree that this movie is great for what it is: low brow romantic comedy, light on the romance, heavy on the low brow. I highly recommend it, and might even consider watching it again myself in the theaters, which would be the first repeat movie viewing I have had since the first Lord of the Rings movie.