I still don't know what to say.

Rating: 4/10 (13 October 2000)

I have to comment about this movie. It wasn't really funny. It seems everyone seems to think it is. I thought it had some funny moments, but many others were just so-so. The full house audience in the theatre I was in didn't laugh as much as I did, so I figure it didn't go over really well with them either.
The Movie might be more funny if I had never seen another one, but I have. So when a movie beats you to a bloody pulp with the jokes before they even happen, it loses the laugh. The dialogue in place was good, but I just kept knowing that certain things were going to happen.
EXAMPLES: ( SPOILERS ) We know from the moment they get there that the CAT is going to be a MAJOR joke prop. What is it with Ben Stiller and evil animals? I KNEW from the moment the urn was mentioned it would be broken, I KNEW the cat would not use the toilet the whole movie. I KNEW Ben Stiller would end up on the roof smoking. I KNEW it would probably result in something bad happening. I KNEW the stupid wooden alter would end up defamed in some way.
I could go on all day. These things were set-up with such bluntness that Helen Keller could see the sight gags coming.
While I did laugh at some points, overall I was really disappointed. The only way to make something funny is to catch the audience off guard with a new twist. There were none in this film.
P.S. Deniro is VERY Funny. Maybe one of the top five comedians in Hollywood. HE did make me laugh.
4 of 10.