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5.7/10 • 530

2001-02-091h 30m

ComedyCrimeRomance

They swore nothing would come between them. Then she came along.

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.

Directors
Dennis Dugan
Editors
Debra Neil-Fisher

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  1. Steve Zahn

    Steve Zahn

    Wayne Lefessier

  2. Jack Black

    Jack Black

    J.D. McNugent

  3. Jason Biggs

    Jason Biggs

    Darren Silverman

  4. Amanda Peet

    Amanda Peet

    Judith Fessbeggler

  5. Amanda Detmer

    Amanda Detmer

    Sandy

  6. R. Lee Ermey

    R. Lee Ermey

    Coach

  7. Neil Diamond

    Neil Diamond

    Self

  8. Kyle Gass

    Kyle Gass

    Bar Dude

  9. Andrew McIlroy

    Andrew McIlroy

    Waiter

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Kamurai

Aug 19, 2020

5/10

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can really only recommend for big Steve Zahn fans. This movie is a lot of trash, fun trash, but trash none the less. It makes sense that these actors would band together to do a comedic project, but I can't imagine why they did an "idiot boys club" trope with a "gay as comedy" twist. I'm not a fan of Amanda Peet (but do watch "A Lot Like Love" and "Brockmire", oddly both baseball subjects), but she is the best actor in this by about a factor of 10. She plays a highly intellectual character that just doesn't fit in the same world as these other characters (most likely by design), and even manages to do some action sequences with other people involved without them also doing the action sequences. While I like Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, and R. Lee Ermey, I'm not a Steve Zahn fan, and this is not Jack Black's best work. Being as the majority of the movie is the latter and Amanda Peet, there is a lot of "this is kind of annoying" as opposed to "this is kind of funny". The structural writing is actually good, but the premise and the comedic writing is ludicrous, and it is pretty hit or miss. I can't recommend it just because there are too many other options: just the number of abuse humor comedies starring Jason Biggs is enough to give you a list of suggestions for other movies.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$22,000,000.00
Revenue
$19,351,569.00
Keywords
kidnappingharassmentfiancémarriagedark comedymale friendshipdatinggroup of friendstied to chairduringcreditsstingerdomineeringsingle manrelationship sabotage