Too many flaws for it to be a 'good' movie

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2002)

Ok yes, this movie was extremely funny. Although it was formulaic for most parts, and sometims it was just gross out comedy, it was a far better showing than all previous Farrelly outings (especially Dumb and Dumber).
However and here are *SPOILERS* (so dont read on if you want to see this movie) there were parts of this movie which, due to the overwhelming need to continually suspend disbelief (as well as parts that just showed the straight out ignorance and idiocy of people)that made it unenjoyable to the more discerning viewer.
1. The singer/drummer combination. The singer, although Im sure it was his voice, did such a bad job with his lip synching that watching him sing became an extremely tiresome and painful experience. And also, yes I realise its the intention to show the 'drummer' (if thats what you can call him), as a bland sidekick but remove both of them completely and just have the music, and the film wouldve been better
2. The entire notion that if a guy is willing to raise a bet from $20 to $100 on something he says is going to happen with him and another girl, and it will be easily proven or disproven, then generally its because he's sure its going to happen. I mean, who would honestly bet $100 that he IS going to the prom with someone if in fact he wasnt. Now as it turned out he didnt end up going.........but save for a freak accident he wouldve. And Im quite sure his friends at the time were betting against him simlpy because they thought he was full of sh**.....not because they couldve envisaged what actually happened to Ted happening.
3. The instances where things are happening to Ted and its obvious its not his fault......but the ignorance and stupidity of the people around him just accentuate the problems happening.
* When Warren jumps on Ted's back. Not only is it obvious Warren is far to fat and heavy for ANYONE to carry, Mary says 'Giddy up Warren....fun huh?' when its obvious Ted's back is about to snap from underneath him.
*When Ted gets blamed for Warren's psycho fit after the incident with the baseball. The 'father' is telling Ted to 'Get down from there!' when its Warren that has Ted locked up in a wrestling move above his head
*When Ted is being told to 'TAKE IT EASY' by the cop, when in fact (and this is obvious) the other cop is bashing Ted's head into the table.
3. The old situations where one party thinks theyre talking about one thing, but the other party think theyre talking about another results in the miscommunication occurring such as that between Ted and the cops during their discussion about the hitchhiker.....has been done to death and isnt funny anymore
4. The whole notion that someone could not only ejaculate on their ear and make it hang there (especially when Ted is leaning forward the entire time) but be completely unaware its there when he goes to greet Mary at the door.
5. The whole Tucker/Norm switcheroo just wasnt believable. I mean why wouldnt Norm remain as 'Tucker' all the time? And plus Norm obviously is not a smart enough guy to be able to pull off being an architect for such a long time.
6. The guy who played Woogy. He's probably the worst actor in existence today. I personally HATE IT in movies when a character cycles through the different slang terms for masturbating in an attempt to generate humour. The gratuitous nature of it in this film (and also in American Beauty) is so blatant that you get very frustrated with it. Also, Woogy's last scene with Mary isnt funny one bit. Woogy didnt need to have the hives on his head, and he couldve been a much more convincing stalker if he lost that stupid child accent he adopted (most blatant in the line 'I was worried about you')
7. Other little bits. The gratuitous swearing in the scene where Ted walks into Pat Healy's house and punches him in the jaw. And pretty much any scene with that dog. The worst being it's fight with Ted.
So maybe Ive gone into too much here but I for one like a little bit more realism to my movies and for me this outing was just another Farrelly film to put on the top shelf.