it could have been a contender

Rating: 6/10 (8 August 2005)

a few hilarious moments aside, just a VERY disappointing comedy with tremendous upside potential that relied too much on its own gift and failed.
what was the director thinking? better yet, what was the editor thinking? the scene at the wedding engagement party was not even necessary to the plot. and since it wasn't funny, what was the point of including it?
the movie gets really sappy and bogs down. it goes from realm of reality to what the heck is going on here very quickly.
the casting is superb. the two lead actors absolutely comic genius. the script and the edit fall very flat, unfortunately.
a movie with this much potential is painful to watch. you begin to laugh and can't wait for it to get funnier and funnier. only it doesn't. and by the end of the movie, the funny jokes don't even seem that funny anymore.