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Say It Isn't So

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Slate: David Edelstein
I must admit that I find those motifs -- and the Farrellys' universe in general -- more sweet than offensive, and I liked Say It Isn't So just so. So there.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: John Anderson
Ultimately a sweet movie, but one made by people who can't stoop to conquer without an almost audible strain on their own intelligence.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
There are laughs here and there, and Graham and Klein aren't nearly as grating as what surrounds them. But there's no getting around the fact that far from seeming a labor of love, Say It Isn't So seems merely labored.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
It's getting tiresome, this stuff.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
It's so-so. As in mediocre. Even gross-out comedies need the stink of genius.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
The movie is like a well-intentioned designer knockoff that doesn't know when to quit.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie doesn't understand that embarrassment comes in a sudden painful flush of realization; drag it out, and it's not embarrassment anymore, but public humiliation, which is a different condition, and not funny.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
All you really need to know about Say It Isn't So,the latest flatulent noisemaker from the Farrelly Brothers' gross-out comedy factory, is that late in the movie, Chris Klein punches a cow from behind and finds his arm stuck inside.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
Elicits not the voluptuous discomfort stirred by the boys' (Peter and Bobby Farrelly) best corporeal shenanigans but creeping embarrassment for everyone on screen.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
What a jolly comedy theme: incest.Read Full Review »
See all Say It Isn't So reviews at metacritic.com »