Movie Review- THE HEARTBREAK KID

HEADLINE: ** The Movie Itself Is the Real Heartbreaker **
TITLE: THE HEARTBREAK KID
Quality: * * Acceptability: -4
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: LLL
Violence: V
Sex: SSS
Nudity: NNN

RATING: R
RELEASE: October 5, 2007
TIME: 106 minutes
STARRING: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Carlos Mencia, Jerry Stiller, and Robert Corddry
DIRECTOR: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
PRODUCERS: Ted Field and Bradley Thomas
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: John Davis, Joe Rosenberg and Marc S. Fischer
WRITERS: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures

CONTENT: (PaPaPa, Ro, HoHo, PC, LLL, V, SSS, NNN, AA, DD, MMM) Very strong pagan worldview justifying adultery and lying, plus protagonist is led by his heart instead of logic or morality, homosexual jokes and references, and a critical representation of the Border Patrol agent; about 71 obscenities, including 14 "f" words and other sexual perverted words and references, and at least 11 mostly light profanities, including several uses of GD; some comic violence such as slapping and hitting during a sex scene, a comical fight between three men with punches thrown, man hit with rifle butt and bat, and a depiction of a border patrol agent assaulting an illegal alien; strong sexual content includes several explicit sex scenes, each between a married couple, but very much disturbing and NOT romantic, crudely implied bestiality in two scenes, implied plus numerous vulgar sexual references and jokes, including homosexual ones; full female nudity, side male nudity, multiple upper female nudity, and explicit animal nudity in bestiality reference; several drinking scenes, one depicting excessive use; references to cocaine use and depicted use of marijuana; and, racial stereotyping, negative jokes; lying, justifying adultery, lying to spouse, degrading marriage, sexual promiscuity encouraged, bad role models to teenagers in movie.

GENRE: Comedy
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Adults

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SUMMARY: THE HEARTBREAK KID, starring Ben Stiller, is the story of a sports storeowner named Eddie, who rushes into a marriage that he soon decides was a great mistake, and in turn falls in love with another woman on his honeymoon. The movie's gross humor and frequent blatant immorality are an insult to the original film, and are not helped at all by the average acting and mediocre directing.

IN BRIEF:

THE HEARTBREAK KID stars Ben Stiller as a sports storeowner named Eddie Cantrow. After years of bachelorhood and pressure from his father, Eddie wonders if he'll find the right woman. So, when a chance encounter with an alluring blonde played by Malin Akerman leads to instant romance, Eddie decides he can't be too choosy. They quickly marry. Right after the wedding, Eddie realizes he's made a terrible mistake. After reaching their exotic Mexican hideaway, he unexpectedly falls in love with Miranda (played by Michelle Monaghan). Eddie charms and lies to Miranda and her family to pick her up. His plan backfires when his new wife gets suspicious and the resort's many other guests observe him with two different women.

The premise for this movie is that if you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then just find someone else – even if that means cheating on your wife during your honeymoon. Adultery is justified and marriage is degraded. The movie also says that whenever you get into trouble, lying is the best solution. THE HEARTBREAK KID contains extremely crude sexual content, abundant foul language, perverted jokes, and explicit nudity.