Disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (5 June 2007)

There is nothing humorous about watching adults stuck in adolescence. Ben Stone has a lot of growing up to do and Judd Apatow's suggestion that his protagonist has finally achieved that finally in the last minutes is wholly unbelievable. I also find it incredulous that a smart woman like Heigl's character would EVER fall in love with a pathetic character like Ben Stone, let alone ever go home with him for a one-night stand. An implausible premise. Mr. Apatow does know how to write comedy; THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN is a much better example, although in that case he was working with much better actors: Steve Carell and the wonderful Catherine Keener. Stay home and wait for this one to come out on DVD.