The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

The greatest movie ever made..!

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Hollywood seems to love to do remakes because they come with a built-in audience because of the curiosity factor. Sometimes remakes are shot-by-shot re-tellings of the previous movie, but more often the story gets updated or modernized.The Farrelly brothers chose an interesting target for the only one of their movies which is a true remake, the 1972 adult comedy "The Heartbreak Kid." It's not a spoiler to reveal that the story revolves around a man who falls for another woman while on his honeymoon and leaves his wife for her. In the original the male character was Lenny Kantrow and he sold sporting goods, while in this remake the character's name is Eddie and he owns a sporting goods store. That's pretty much where the similarities end however.IMDb contains many negative reviews about this movie, especially from the viewing public, which calls the jokes crude and the spirit of the movie mean. For me, the producers expanded the universe of the original movie and added their signature funny bits to make it worthwhile.The remake "Heartbreak Kid" starts off with Eddie meeting a beautiful blonde on Valentine's Day just after he watched his ex-fiancée marry another man (the wedding reception contains some funny scenes and one-off characters).Eddie and his new love Lila launch into a whirlwind romance and he ends up hastily proposing to her and marrying her. Then the fun starts and the remade movie flips the script on the original. In the 1972 movie, it starts off with Lenny marrying a cute, but slightly mousy brunette and then falls for an all-American blonde while they are on the honeymoon in Miami.In the remake, Eddie marries the hot blonde and since they live in San Francisco, they go to Cabo San Lucas for their honeymoon, which could be considered the west coast version of going to Miami. Oh yeah, the wife gets sun-burnt in both movies, which allows the husband time and opportunity to fall into the arms of someone else.Eddie's new love interest is brunette Miranda, a pert and cheerful women's lacrosse coach from Oxford, Mississippi. After he pries himself away from the sun-burnt and cloying Lila, he sets out for Mississippi to chase her down; in the original, Lenny treks to Minnesota for the same purpose, so that's another way the script was flipped.Yeah, it's not going to be on anybody's list of Greatest 100 movies, but "The Heartbreak Kid" still contains a clever twist on the original and has many funny scenes. It's definitely worth a look.

The Heartbreak Kid had some good moments and interest that brought the film alive in the first half only to be let down badly in the second half. Hence the 5/10 rating. Just when we thought a twist was in the air and Ben Stiller's character would find love in this unusual story it took a dive for the worst and contained silly moments. It went beyond funny and plain stupid. A lot of the time a bit of care and good direction is needed for these comedies to fly, otherwise they collapse on themselves. Watching the second half of this film you get the impression that the producers let the film finish and direct itself. Despite its flaws it showcases good performances from Michelle Monaghan and Ben Stiller.

Usually I'm not a big Farrelly brothers fan, but I did enjoy this film. Ben Stiller is good in the lead, and Malin Ackerman plays her role very well, a very good fit. But I really think Michelle Monaghan was the best here, in my personal opinion at least. The humor for me was spotty at times, and of course I wasn't a very big fan of what Ben Stiller's character was doing in the movie, but the movie as a whole was still entertaining. I think the script was well written, sure it wasn't the best in the world, and there were times when the humor didn't really work for me but overall I think it was good. If you enjoy a funny/fairly entertaining comedy film, then I think you'll like The Heartbreak Kid. The sex scenes were a bit over-the-top and I think they were awkward instead of what the filmmakers were going for, which was of course, funny. Also I didn't really like the way the very end turned out (Eva Longoria cameo). And the reason is that I just didn't think it was very tasteful. I would've preferred the movie ending right before that scene. But other than that, I think it was a good time. 7/10.

This is one of those movies you can enjoy over and over. The Heartbreak Kid was remade in 2007 based on the original movie in 1972 with the same name. The remake of The Heartbreak Kid stars Ben Stiller, single Eddie who owns a sport shop. Eddie runs into Lila (Malin Akerman), whose purse gets snatched in the street. Eddie unsuccessfully tries to retrieve the purse but in turn he and Lila strike up a serious romance and Lila seems like she is perfect for him. At the announcement of a job she wants to take in Holland, Eddie looks into the matter and discovers the company policy of not relocating married employees, so; at his best friend (Rob Corrdry) and father 's (Jerry Stiller) urging, Eddie proposes and they get married. On their honeymoon, Eddie begins to feel that he made a mistake. To make matters worse, Eddie meets Miranda (Michelle Monaghan).I watched this one on the big screen (by myself as usual). - Asif Zamir