Wasn't that good

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2006)

You gotta give a hand to Steve carnell and Paul Rudd for trying.Unlike other movies, comedies are usually hard to rate or sum up when there really good (like wedding crashers) but easy to criticize if there bad(like this movie). The movie started out with a good concept, and progressed pretty nicely, but by the middle of the movie, i felt like the comedy just ran too dry. Lets face it, Steve carnell doesn't have the star power or comedy laughter of a will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. He did have his moements, but after a while he seemed whiny and irritating. Paul Rudd tried to help his buddy out and did a pretty good job when it counted but thats only because he acted like he did in anchorman. Otherwise than that, he didn't have much comedy elements to work with (the whole breaking up thing got old kinda quick). Another problem of the movie is the progression, just too slow to get to the end, lets face it, comedies like this should only go about an hour and half or and hour and 45 minutes at best. The movie went way to long, and you knew that when he met "the one" that they'd have a big fight. Unfortunately it took to long to get to that fight, which made you think "why is this movie still going?". The ending was strange, really really strange. You knew by that point that Steve needed some help, but he didn't get it (whether by the actors themselves, or by him being to independent, i don't know). Probably the biggest shocker and disappointment is the fact that they had no other comedians in the movie. Usually in movies like wedding crashers, when you think the comedy is about to get old, they throw in will Ferrell or some comedian to get you rolling again. This movie desperately needed a will Ferrell, or Vince Vaughn to make a cameo appearance to spice up the movie. Don't get me wrong, this type of comedy has really taken off since zoolander, dodge ball etc. But Steve just couldn't cut it by himself. Overall not that great of a movie.