I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Plot synopsis:
In New York City in a Local Brooklyn Fire Station, there are lots of firefighters. Charles 'Chuck' Levine (Who is a chronic womanizer) and Lawrence 'Larry' Valentine (Who is a bachelor and trying to raise his children after his wife passed away some time ago) are two veteran New York City Firefighters. During a routine sweep of a burned building, a segment of floor collapses and Chuck almost dies. Larry rescues Chuck by shielding him from the falling debris. As he and Larry awaken at a hospital later, Chuck vows to repay his debt in any way possible. The incident prompts Larry to realize the fact that death can come for him at any moment, but he has difficulties naming his children as primary beneficiaries in his life insurance policy. Larry was given at least a year to change his beneficiaries but he was profusely mourning his wife, and left it too late. However, One of the ways suggested for him to do so is to get married. Inspired by a newspaper article about domestic partnerships, Larry asks Chuck to enter a civil union with him. Although at first Chuck declines, he is reminded of his debt to Larry and finally agrees.Chuck and Larry become domestic partners and Chuck becomes Larry's primary beneficiary in the event of his death. Soon, New York City investigators arrive to inquire about their partnership. They lie to the investigator by saying that they are really in love with each other and insist they've been having "Loads of Sex, Gay-crazy sex, Man on Man, Loving Every Minute". Chuck and Larry then decide to enlist the help of a lawyer, Alex McDonough, who suggests that they get married. Chuck and Larry then marry in Canada and move in together. When they get married in Canada, the Asian minister who proclaims "I Now Pronounce You, 'Husband and Husband, You May Now Kiss The Husband" is shocked to see Chuck and Larry slap each other the cheek (as opposed to kissing) when ordered to "Kiss the Husband". Chuck and Larry then retort by saying "That's How We Roll In Our House, Baby".On the first night of Chuck living with Larry and his kids, Chuck insists on sleeping in Larry's bed next to him much to Larry's objection that he could not stand the thought of someone other than his wife Paula sleeping beside him but Chuck, insisting they are on honeymoon, refuses to budge. Eventually Larry gives in and lets Chuck sleep there just as long as Chuck does not make silly voices to Larry about betrayal. The next day, the kids wake up both Chuck and Larry and the maid Theresa who had claimed she'd been cleaning the bed making Chuck and Larry both jump and scream in fright.When another investigator, Clint Fitzer comes along, who inspects their garbage, Chuck and Larry get alarmed to discover that it wasn't gay enough, they rush to a nearby supermarket to get items of merchandise that are 'more gay'. There Chuck bumps into Alex, the lawyer, whose help they enlisted before getting married. She informs Chuck that she fell out of love with her boyfriend and broke up and tells him there is a gay benefit costume party later on that week.At the gay benefit costume party, the party goers are confronted by homophobic protesters, whose leader, Jim the minister, calls Chuck a "faggot". Chuck punches him, causing the event to be published in a newspaper. With their apparent homosexuality and marriage revealed, the pair come under fire: Chuck and Larry are heckled, while their fellow FDNY firefighters refuse to work or even play basketball alongside the couple. Their only ally is Fred G. Duncan, an angry, intimidating firefighter who comes out to a very surprised Chuck.Larry's effeminate son, Eric is harassed in school by a homophobic bully - but he surprises everybody by easily winning the fight. During the ordeal, the previously homophobic pair come to understand what it is like to be persecuted, and become more accepting of homosexuality. Chuck becomes romantically interested in Alex after the two spend time together, but finds himself unable to get close to her because she thinks he is gay. Meanwhile, Clint Fitzer arrives to investigate the couple. The strain on both Larry and Chuck leads to a verbal fight and also working different shifts, although there was a petition to have Chuck and Larry thrown out of the firehouse. This prompts Larry to confront the crew about their personal embarrassments on the job that Chuck and Larry helped them overcome. After this a call goes out and before they go on the call Larry even goes as far as to say: "Oh! A fire. I hope its not a big one because the faggot who's been saving your sorry asses thanks to you is on another shift". After Larry's shift is over, Chuck and Larry reconcile their differences.The marriage soon comes under fire, as numerous women provide testimonies to having slept with Chuck in the recent past, and the couple is called into court to defend their marriage on charges of fraud. They are defended by Alex, and their fellow firefighters arrive in support, after they realize all Chuck and Larry have done for them over the years, and how they were treating Chuck and Larry. Fitzer interrogates both men, who testify that they genuinely love each other (albeit in a platonic fashion). As his final demand, Fitzer asks for the pair to kiss to prove that their relationship is physical, but before they do so, they are interrupted by Captain Phineas J. Tucker, who finally reveals that their marriage is a sham and that they are both straight He says "I'd Rather Change My Grandfather's Diapers Than See Two Straight Guys Kissing". Tucker attempts to save Chuck and Larry by claiming that he would have to be arrested as well, since he knew about the falsity, but failed to report it. This prompts the other firefighters to each claim a role in the wedding in a show of solidarity. However, Chuck, Larry, and the other firefighters are sent to jail "For Stealing From The City Of New York", but they are quickly released after negotiating a deal to provide photos for an AIDS research benefit calendar. The deal including pleading guilty to fraud, which would reduce the charges to a misdemeanor. Two months later, Duncan and Alex's brother, Kevin, are married in Canada at the same chapel as Chuck and Larry were. At the wedding party, Larry finally moves on after the death of his wife and talks to a new woman, while Alex tentatively agrees to a dance with Chuck. The film ends when Lance Bass sings, and little Eric tap-dances.

Tags: comedy, romantic

Review:
Dugan's 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry' starts off like a typical Adam Sandler comedy with the usual lame jokes, but things take off when Kevin James steps in.
James and Sandler are supported by a hilarious cast, which includes Ving Rhames (like you've never seen before), Steve Buscemi, Dan Akroyd and Rob Scheider, that provides some excellent comic relief.
In this way maybe one could make a case for this film being an effective but blunt tool for the mostly teenage male fan-base of Adam Sandler to be "reached" and "educated" by giving them what they want in terms of crude humour and broad stereotypes but then also leaving them with a message that will teach them the error of their ways.
What the rest of the film does is draw laughs from the fact that two straight characters have to "be gay" – which of course means all the stereotypical stuff that we all know.
Biel has an amazing body and that is pretty much what she is asked to do – be in underwear and look stunning, both of which she effortlessly does but nothing else comes forward.This film is not the awful piece of comedy that some critics have said but it is a simple, stereotypical comedy about homosexual clichés that tries to justify it by having a very basic message that most people should have already learnt in the 1990's.
I however disliked Adam Sandler in this movie, he just tries way too hard to prove he isn't gay in this film to point it gets a bit annoying and he is like banging every girl that crosses his path in this one, yeah firemen get girls but c'mon.
I think it would have been awesome if Chuck and Larry eventually found out they are gay for each other cause Chuck is a sleazy gay character, but I doubt Adam Sandler would do it since he has such a high image of himself which I realized after I finished watching this movie.
Basically the film is about Adam Sandler trying really hard to look manly, while there is a bunch of stereotypical gay jokes thrown in.
I kind of liked him in in the PT Anderson movie and in Spanglish he was alright but those films didn't quite perform at the box office so I fear that Chuck and Larry is here to stay.
This is an entertaining film, but your own sense of humor should dictate whether you want to see it or not.Sandler and James play New York firefighters.
In this stupid movie, Larry (Kevin James) wants to gay marry Chuck (Sandler) so he knows his kids will be taken care of.
Dumb premise.Offensive script.It's official, Adam Sandler career is in the toilet.Kevin James works on the small screen, keep him out of the movies.Plays like a made for TV movie for the Lifetime channel.You will find yourself thinking, "Will it ever end?" I wish I could find something nice to say but I would rather have my money back.America, you deserve more than this drivel.
The first half of the film is given to proving that Larry is somewhat of a ladies man, and like, totally not a gay; coercing two sisters he is cheating on at the same time to kiss, bedding strippers 4 at a time (...ok we get the point Sandler) and other such activities that are only permissible through a somewhat strenuous suspension of disbelief.
One is a Doctor, one is a Lawyer...both are apparently pole dancers, and gullible ones at that.The only redeeming feature of the film is that in order to achieve a saccharine, preachy ending, the characters of Chuck and Larry soften in their attitude to gays, even though from 'What, you mean like f*ggots?' the only way can surely be up, and the jury is out whether you can spend 99% of the time saying 'f*ggots are wrong and weird', and the end 1% saying, 'sure they're wrong and weird, but the correct vernacular is 'gay'.
The problem of the latest comedy from star/co-producer Adam Sandler, however, lies not in its message, but in how it's played out - with exasperatingly blatant approach complete with all the stereotypes as one could expect from, well, Adam Sandler.Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (Kevin Smith) are Brooklyn firefighters who have known each other since their days in the Academy.
In "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," Adam Sandler and Kevin James play two New York City fire fighters who pretend to be gay so that Larry's two kids can be raised by Chuck in the event of Larry's untimely death (Larry's wife has been dead for two years and he has not been able to bring himself to date another woman in all that time).
The hitch is that to bring this about, the two of them will have to officially register as "domestic partners." Originally, they intend on keeping their "relationship" a secret, but when the government starts sending inspectors around to verify the validity of their claim, Chuck and Larry are left with the choice of admitting to the scam and going to jail or convincing everyone around them that they are indeed an actual couple.As a "high concept" comedy, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" is pretty much a contrived manufacture from the get-go, mixing equal parts humor and sentiment in an attempt to play to the broadest possible audience - which is probably the only way the filmmakers could reasonably have gone with material this dicey.
The script achieves about a 50/50 ration in its humor - about half the jokes are zingers while the other half are clunkers - but the movie's heart is definitely in the right place, so much so that you will forgive the filmmakers when the story turns all heavy-handed and preachy towards the end, in what is surely one of the least plausible courtroom scenes in motion picture history.
As compensation, the movie actually places its characters in some pretty sticky moral dilemmas at times, the prime one being that, much as we may like and admire Chuck and Larry for all the social barriers they are tearing down, we still hear that little nagging voice in the back of our heads telling us that they are defrauding the public and breaking the law while doing so.
Such moral ambiguity is actually a pretty rare commodity for a mainstream American comedy these days.Sandler and James imbue their roles with a great deal of charm and gusto, and they receive strong support from Dan Aykroyd, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames and Steve Buscemi."I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" certainly isn't up to the level of "Knocked Up" or "Superbad," its summer 2007 comedy contemporaries, but neither is it the cinematic disaster most of the critics have accused it of being.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry has to be Adam Sandler at his all time worst.
The jokes he gets are basically how homophobic his character can be, in fact he spends the majority of the first half of the movie just being homophobic and pretending to be gay in a homophobic way.
I mean the plot isn't awful, it was only a matter of time before people started laughing about gay marriage, but why oh why did this movie have to be the first one to do it?
Only one scene truly made me smile, and that has to be the actual marriage sequence, which garners a few laughs courtesy of a random tramp.I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry definitely ends up being one of the worst movies of 2007.
I think the movie just loses it's touch by going back and forth between overly general, unflattering depictions of homosexuals and sloppy attempts to make Chuck and Larry folk heroes to the gay community.
While for an adult audience this is okay, don't mistakenly think this is a kids movie.I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY is a decent time-passer but not a whole lot more.
First his wife dies so he hooks up with his best friend, Hello I only watch to see how worst it could get and it did so I turned it off I like Adam Sandler, not so much the Kings of Queens guy, another horrible relationship Show.
I do love comedy, and while I am not a fan of Adam Sandler I have liked some of his films and performances.
Until yesterday, the time I finally sat down to watch I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry after avoiding it like the plague for four years, I made up my mind that either Little Nicky or You Don't Mess with the Zohan was Adam Sandler's worst movie.
The sincere parts are so uneven and the tone shifts so much without warning, that any good points that I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry tries to make are buried.All in all, a poor movie that is a serious contender for Sandler's nadir of his career.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is a typical, funny movie starring Adam Sandler.
I think critics don't like this movie because Adam Sandler has a kind of humor that most people don't have.
I am not a fan of gay jokes except when Adam Sandler is a main character and movies with plots like this.
If Adam Sandler is just going to keep making garbage like this -- crapping out 2 or three awful movies a year without caring one iota about whether or not the movies are actually one bit funny or at least good/interesting on some level -- he should just call it a day and retire from movies.
well,this was disappointing.took me awhile to get around to it.not quite worth the wait,in my mind.too long,for one thing.by about maybe 20 plus minutes.also,it wasn't really funny,save for a few chuckles here and there and one time where i laughed out loud.also,though i'm not really someone who gets offended easily,there are some things in this movie that i could see people getting offended by,and with good reason.the whole women being objectified and being nothing but eye candy gets tiresome after you've seen it in enough movies(this is coming from a straight guy).plus it isn't funny.and then there's Rob Schneider playing a Chinese character,or rather caricature.that could be considered in bad taste.there were some good things about the movie,though.Richard Chamberlain who's openly gay,had a small part in the movie.the whole issue of homosexuality was treated(mostly) with respect and dignity.and Jessica Beil's character was a strong female character who was not a bimbo or eye candy.plus,the movie was touching.overall,i didn't hate it,but i wouldn't recommend it either.for me,i now pronounce you Chuck and Larry is a 4/10.
It was used just enough to get some good laughs, and just enough to show us that the movie was aware of its content, and the audience.There was a little bit of overly-earnest PC messaging going on here, about the gay thing.
I can picture the two doing the lemon-face (eyes and mouth pinched shut) closing in on each other with trembling lips.Sandler the man whore meets Jessica Biel, who doesn't fall for him at first, but in the end he learns what true love is all about, and they live happily ever after.James gets to keep his kid, and they live happily ever after.Ving Rhames, the quiet, scary and manliest fire fighter of them all reveals that he is gay, everyone hugs, shares a good laugh and live happily ever after.Save your money and your time.
The story about two straight firefighters, Chuck and Larry, that are the best friends, pretend to be gay and get married to protect Larry's family was really good and entertaining with a convincing plot.
I almost cried near the end.I almost thought that in the end, someone would end up dying seeing how they are fire fighters and they are best friends.I recommend this movie for not really everyone, but for those who love the comedy style of Adam Sandler!.
With the potential for comedy that gay firemen and the physical contrast that Kevin James and Adam Sandler present, Chuck and Larry is very subdued.
I have a gay friend who doesn't fit the stereotype in that he loves the WWE and usually watches crude comedies like this latest Adam Sandler comedy.
Many critics have called this movie offensive because of many homophobic jokes that abound as well as the Asian stereotype that Sandler's friend Rob Schneider plays as a Canadian wedding preacher.
The movie did not have a lack of humor when it came to gay people but the jokes for the most part were in good taste and hilarious.
Kevin James and Adam Sandler are hilarious in 'I Now Pronoce You Chuck And Larry.'But where are all of the bad reviews coming from?And why was this movie nominated for so many Razzie awards?In case you don't know,a Razzie is an award given to a movie for being bad or having a bad concept,such as worst actor or worst picture.But why this movie?This is a funny,funny,and like I said,funny movie.Okay,so maybe the movie offends many types of people,including gays,fat people,Asians,and so on.But that's one of the reasons why this movie is so dang funny.But if you are gay and you are reading this review,then I suggest you avoid this movie.That goes the same with fat people,Asians,etc.But if you're looking for a belly full of laughs,then I highly recommend this movie..
and that's what I got but much better and funnier.I enjoyed the performances by Kevin James and Adam Sandler.I don't know if my horrible hang over that day helped to enjoy the movie but I believe it delivers expectations on the entertainment factor.The performances are funny and sexy (I'm talking about super Jessica Biel).
I thought the days of such racially charged humor was gone with characters like Charlie Chan, but apparently Adam Sandler wanted to bring this ugliness back.If Schneider had portrayed a stereotypical black person, there would be much more of a fuss about this movie.
The film stars comedy superstars Adam Sandler and Kevin James as two NYC firefighters, Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine who pretend to be a gay couple in order to get domestic partnership benefits for Larry's children who has recently lost their mother.
Kevin James will have an easier transition into more affluent and demanding roles as an actor than Sandler has.You also have your usual suspects in the Sandler films like the unrecognizable Rob Schnieder and you'll find some comfort in Dan Aykroyd who has been missed from the screen for some time and Ving Rhames who is always as funny as he is intimidating.
This works because Sandler and James as Chuck and Larry are such lovable lugs having amazing chemistry and are hysterical together.Also I don't know if this was truly intentional on the writers' part, the movie comments on the relationship of men and women.
"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" is hilarious, and ultimately has its heart in the right place.Anyone who has seen the trailers for the movie knows that Jessica Biel is stunningly beautifulshe is hot.
I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a classic Adam Sandler flick and has a sense of humor, the man is talented people!.
In I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Adam Sandler is a practicing Lothario, and Kevin James is seriously overweight.
Those are the only real jokes other than the millions spent to produce a third-rate comedy filled with clichés about gays and boy-men.Firefighters Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (James) decide to marry in order to secure the retirement funds resulting from his wife's untimely death.
But all underwear scenes aside, this movie is actually a lot of fun, it lacks most of Adam Sandlers typical stupid humor, I.E. Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and sticks to a more adult joke oriented brand similar to Big Daddy, rather than throwing one slapstick situation after another at the viewer.
Adam Sandler fans will love this movie because it's one of his better films in which he gives a funny performance without being too over the top like he was in Waterboy or Little Nicky.
Kevin James to put it simply is a sitcom actor meaning he has amazing comedic timing and can always keep you laughing with lines that if said by anyone else would'nt be funny a very bright future for him and a great step forward with Chuck and Larry.
Overall it's a great movie and a real accomplishment for both Adam Sandler and Kevin James..
All that is left is a story that is disturbing in so many ways, I will not be able to tell them all to you.Sandler is super-stud fireman, Chuck Levine (pretty hard to buy, but what the hell, it's a comedy) whose life is saved by his fellow fire-eater and best friend, Larry Valentine (Kevin James).
This is one of the funniest Adam Sandler movie and not only is it funny but it will be loved by the Gay community and it has a very important point for the Republicans.
In these movies he has kids and is moving on with his life, but in "I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry" it seems like he is back in his younger days.
It stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Peter Dante, Ving Rhames and Steve Buscemi.
OK, so, the idea about this movie seemed funny enough and I always like seeing Jessica Biel in anything and Adam Sandler and Kevin James really crack me up...
Adam Sandler and Kevin James play Chuck and Larry, two Brooklyn firefighters, who are also best buddies willing to do anything to help each other.
Rob Schneider is very funny as the priest, and a couple more Adam Sandler movie regulars are in it as well.
1.5/4Adam Sandler and Kevin James are true veterans in the dumb-hilarious comedy genre, and I really enjoy most of their movies as well as their on-screen chemistry.
Like, Kevin James marries Adam Sandler.