Reaches a new low in "entertainment"

Rating: 1/10 (4 October 2007)

Let me state from the onset that I don't fit the demographics that this movie surely was aimed at. It saddens and shocks me that so many "twenty-somethings" rated this film highly and actually found something in it to enjoy. That hints at only one thing to me: the decline in our expectation and discernment of quality entertainment. To my credit and happiness, I waited till the movie was released on DVD before wasting my money on it. Even though I found more to enjoy and less to be annoyed with in Apetow's "The 40 Year Old Virgin", something just told me that this movie "experience" wasn't going to be the same. And, oh boy was I right! This movie was lamely written, poorly cast and, ineptly directed. It was juvenile, low-brow (at it's worst and devalued), uninspired and, overly stereotypical. By the time the tasteless and unthoughtful joke at Stephen Hawking's expense reeled by the screen I had already given up hope but with that, I was most definitely DONE. Within 30 minutes of the film, I was already successfully predicting the next scene's dialog and the ending of the film. So, besides all of the other adjectives I've used to describe this film, I can also add: predictable!