Whelp.

Rating: 7/10 (5 April 2020)

My initial review of this was "Eh." Here it is:
"A dramatically sound comedy with a disappointing solution. It, and several other comedic moments in the film, are reliant on distractingly contrived and implausible variables. In other words, the characters would have to be more stupid than they are presented to be in order for this plot to be possible. So, it's funny, and I watched the whole thing, but overall... eh."
However, this review does not fully account for what you are delivered as a result of these contrived plot points. Sure, a plot hole or two-rather, an impossible scenario or two-can make a story very challenging to agree with. But when it delivers you something like Stu's resolution, or like the photographic sequence during the credits, perhaps it is worth it. Those two things wrap this story up in what I hazard to call...
Comedic Realism.
Something I think this film is, perhaps, a pioneer of. I remember this changing American comedies. Now I see why.