completely over-rated

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2006)

I'd like to start by saying that I'm a big fan of comedies. I like the "dumb" ones (Old School, Wedding Singer, BASEketball), I like the "smart" ones (anything written by Christopher Guest, Clue) and the "romantic" ones (How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days, 50 First Dates. I'm not afraid of vulgarity or non-PC humor, I still regularly watch South Park and actually liked Team America. But this movie...well it just wasn't funny.
The jokes felt forced - especially the grandmother's bit on Eleanor Roosevelt and all the scenes with Will Ferrell. The movie and characters were horribly predictable, especially the classic asshole fiancé. And the movie DRAGGED. They should have just wrapped it all up at the lake shore house. The last 30 minutes or so after that (not sure how long it actually was, because it felt like an eternity) just felt tacked on.
I just don't get why this is so highly rated by so many people. Are we really that starved for good comedy?