Greg commits one hysterical social faux pas after another, ultimately ruining Debbie's wedding. It's hard to imagine anybody but Stiller playing Greg, and only Christopher Walken could have played DeNiro's role better, and that would have been a little too frightening. The film starts to drag as it approaches the finale, and the ending is completely predictable. Despite this, and the fact that the trailer gave too much away, the film is still very fun and very entertaining. This is a truly mad-cap comedy adventure sure to leave you laughing in the aisles.
Some men still wish that day had never eventuated.
Take an already strained situation and combine it with the old 'cat-died' joke, and you have the gist of the movie. Teaming with DeNiro is Ben Stiller, as the proposing starry-eyed youth. Ben is becoming adept at playing the lovable putz, but in this endeavor, though the role is much of the same, he does manage to show a bit more range. Teri Polo is DeNiro's daughter and Blythe Danner is his wife. To add a bit of spice to the already absurd series of events, Owen Wilson drops by as Polo's ex-finance.