A Well Directed Movie That Is Also Disarmingly Sweet

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2005)

This is the best movie from the Farrelly brothers in quite some time. Movie has plenty of heart. Tough subject that many could beef about is well handled by director Blaustein and a cast that moves right along. Favorite is Geoffrey Arend who delivers the funniest line in the movie about ice cream. Arend is a deft and supple actor who is classically trained including The Royal Shakespeare in London who is used for some reason here just in the picture almost all through the movie. But he is electric funny with a screen presence that demands attention. You cannot take your eyes off him as he performs which usually is a problem if the producers or somebody else is pushing another star.
I recall his lines at the beginning of Super Trouper the cop movie "I'm freaking' out" as being the highlight of that film too.
Geoffrey Arend should get a vehicle of his own. Good ensemble work here. Knoxville who is not a favorite is even palatable too.