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(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 11% Rotten Page   1   "I've always believed certain films should never be re-made, but 'The Heartbreak Kid' wasn't one of them. After seeing this new version, it's on my list."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C "There are laughs to be had, but you'll be scratching your head once the screenplay flies completely off the rails into a ditch of sitcom cliches and painfully obvious, dragged-out humor."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 1.5/5 "The Heartbreak Kid ... is a disaster, an unmitigated humorless horror that never once plays as raunchy or as outrageous as it thinks it is."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B+ "It's the Farrellys picking up where they left off with 2000's Me, Myself & Irene, dishing out a line-up of audience-goosing bits; spiky material that returns a little of the water-cooler visibility they used to enjoy (two words: donkey show)"   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "The "illegal alien" gag is a lazy joke, contingent on ridiculing otherness in the most insipid ways. Bitches, Mexicans, they all be crazy."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "Face it: If you've seen one deviated septum gag, you've seen them all."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "This sporadically funny Farrellys farce is worth watching (mostly) for Stiller (Ben) and the game Akerman (Malin) in the leads."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 1/4 "...an interminable and shockingly unfunny piece of work that has little to offer even the most ardent fan of the Farrelly brothers."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "A bitter disappointment."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "The Heartbreak Kid is not the romantic comedy it is selling itself as, but a horror story about a selfish guy getting exactly what he wants and not earning any of it. There is no fun in that, only misery."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C+ "'Please be shocked into fits of laughter by our impish rudeness!' the Farrellys seem to say. 'Please forget the other, better R-rated comedies you've seen this year!'"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Let's hope that with the seemingly endless array of projects Apatow's people have lined up that they never resort to repeating themselves with something as frequently unfunny as The Heartbreak Kid."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Presents a hollow shell of the Farrelly Brothers I know."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 1.5/4 "The Farrellys' The Heartbreak Kid is a seemingly sketchy and erratic farce that begs for some of the wayward cinematic siblings' trademark outlandish quirkiness."   World Voice News   Frank Ochieng D- "A marriage definitely not made in heaven, and a picture that's a disheartening commentary on the decline in the standards of American comedy over the last quarter-century."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "There are a few hilarious scenes but no character we care about, making this remake inferior to Elaine May's 1972 film."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "The Heartbreak Kid, while not without its share of tiny, ephemeral pleasures, is a surprisingly flat and unamusing comedy."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 0/4 "The Heartbreak Kid is a shabby, sleazy train wreck ... and anyone who backed it ... before its being made or rewards it with money or acclaim upon its release should feel, if they can feel at all, something like shame."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 2.5/4 "The real heartbreak in this Farrelly Brothers remake of 1972's Neil Simon comedy trifle is that the second half is so much worse than the first."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/10 "...the movie only gets worse as it goes along. I found it largely gross, mean-spirited, frustrating, and ugly."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2/5 "be better off renting There's Something About Mary and watching it at home."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2/4 "The Farrelly brothers seem to have run out of ideas for their big gags; in the third act, you can sense them straining to bring out the big guns while only packing a pellet gun."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[B]ased on the 1972 movie... much in the same way that a breakfast of Pop Tarts and Mountain Dew is based on a petit dejeuner of fresh-baked croissants and cafe au lait."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Most jokes land with a thud--particularly the gross-out gags, which nearly ten years after Mary now just feel played out."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3/4 "Despite some sizeable flaws, I still recommend the movie for what it is: a laugh machine."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "It is good to see both Stiller and the Farellys doing what they do best, happily grossing out audiences in the name of comedy."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/5 "The Heartbreak Kid is better than I expected, but since I expected it to be a horrific failure, that isn't saying much."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 1/5 "An ugly, hateful and deeply unfunny bit of hackwork that not only stinks on its own but also tarnishes the reputation of a genuinely funny and inspired comedy."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2.5/5 "Lively and watchable, but never as funny or astute as it should be."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "The Heartbreak Kid represents less a return to form than a worn regurgitation of past success."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 3.5/5 "the brothers' most deliberate effort to recapture that Mary magic."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly brothers flick."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 1.5/4 "Finally the gross exploitation picture that detractors have accused the Farrellys of perpetrating throughout their career."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 5/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 11% Rotten Page   1