Mediocre - like one long prank phone call...

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2001)

I bought this movie on strong recommendations from friends and couldn't wait to see it. I wish that I had rented it instead.
The entire movie was about this poor guy lying all the time to impress his girlfriend's father (Jack) but all he does is fumble, tell stupid lies and either get caught lying or make the lie is so ridiculous that EVERYONE knows he is lying. I was actually uncomfortable watching some scenes because they were so tense (all you could do was wait for the foot to go deeper in his mouth, or maybe watch him change feet). He would lie about ANYTHING if he thought that it would score points with Jack. It was a celebration of idiocy and bad judgement. I wanted wit and I got none from this movie.
In all fairness, there were some funny scenes but they did not leave me laughing as hard as the first reviewer said she did. They showed the funniest scene on the preview so we've all seen it. If you are expecting another "Something About Mary", you will be disappointed.