Stars: Rob Corddry, Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller

Director: Peter Farrelly

Summary: Masters of gross-out, the Farrelly Brothers, re-team with funnyman Ben Stiller (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) for this comedy of marital misfortune. Commitmentphobe Eddie Cantrow (Stiller) learns that there's no such thing as the perfect woman when he finally decides to take the plunge and marries too-good-to-be-true Lila (Malin Akerman). It's not until after the wedding that her true colours start to show through... and they couldn't be uglier! While on their honeymoon, Eddie meets another woman, Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), who seems right for him in every way that Lila is wrong.

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The Heartbreak Kid reunites Ben Stiller with his There’s Something About Mary directorial team, The Farrelly Brothers. Between them, they’ve conjured a sporadically funny comedy, that may not repeat what they’d all achieved before, but is still worthy of a spin.

The premise follows Stiller as his character is effectively railroaded into marriage, only for him to discover on his honeymoon that his wife isn’t all he thought she was. Big debts, ropey music taste and, ahem, ‘bedroom demands’ soon open his eyes on their honeymoon. And when, on the same honeymoon, he meets Michelle Monaghan’s Miranda, The Heartbreak Kid migrates into a chaotic comedy, with a risqué edge.

It’s fair to say that The Heartbreak Kid lacks the level of gut-busting laughs, or the consistency, of There’s Something About Mary, with perhaps one too many contrivances required to keep it motoring. What’s more, the final act isn’t particularly satisfying, loosely tying up strands with little conviction.

Yet in spite of that, The Heartbreak Kid does muster its fair share of laughs, and few can match Ben Stiller in this kind of role. With energetic performances and some memorable moments married up to the gags, chances are you’ll happily forgive the film its weaker moments, and enjoy it for the sound Saturday night comedy it clearly is. --Jon Foster

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region B
Special Features:	Commentary by the Farrelly Brothers, Featurettes, Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, Easter Egg
Subtitles:	Dutch, Castilian Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, French, English, Hebrew, Danish, German, Swedish
Year:	2007
Release Date:	April 6, 2009
Runtime:	115 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B S L 2080
Keywords:	English, Kid, Comedy, General, Heartbreak
Genre:	Comedy