The Heartbreak Kid (2007) Critic Reviews

This remake is ultimately content to be repugnant.Read the full review

There are small moments of real humor.Read the full review

Grodin always seems like a real guy, whereas Stiller, even working it, is just the designated loser-clown of the megaplex era. He's too harmless to break any hearts.Read the full review

A grim, shrill, deluded and incredibly depressing movie, so bewilderingly mean-spirited that the trademark Farrelly Brothers gross-out scenes feel like the sweetest.Read the full review

The occasional laughs provided aren't frequent enough or uproarious enough to warrant an investment of nearly two hours of a viewer's time.Read the full review

It's funny in spots if you can tune out the Farrellys' ultra-crass jokes - along with any memory of the first movie.Read the full review

Farrelly brothers films are looking better and better, but aren't nearly as funny as their grungy early films that hit with the stealth and vigor of guerrilla commandos. Maybe there is a kind of heartbreak here after all.Read the full review

Lame, long, ugly joke of a movie.Read the full review

Embellishments to Neil Simon's original script were inevitable, but when you're adding an "Uncle Tito," you're definitely on the wrong track.Read the full review