Sensational, sicko fun -- you won't believe your eyes -- and just the thing to shake up the creeping conservatism that is draining the vulgar life out of pop culture.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Even when you're able to guess the next calamity, it's still a shock in its ejaculatory intensity. The Farrellys never throw in the towel. Pretentious Sundance independents could learn a lot from such pistols.Read Full Review »
This one is dumbest. And funniest, as if that matters even a little bit!Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
A romantic comedy that's a hoot in every sense, worth a smidgen of disapproval and a whole lot of helpless laughter...The film works ridiculously well because it never stoops to being mean-spirited or (despite all appearances) authentically inane.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
The Farrellys here show a gift not just for finding humor where others have feared to look but for presenting it in a way that is surprisingly close to irresistible.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
After months and months of comedies that did not make me laugh, here at last is one that did.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
[The film] occasionally had me convulsed with laughter.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
For those who park their sense and sensibility at the 'plex door, there's plenty to enjoy in the performances, the rowdy innocence of the whole thing, the closing sing-along of Build Me Up Buttercup--and the vision of Cameron Diaz in giggly, gangly bloom.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Kendall Hamilton
If the film has a problem, it's that the Farrelly brothers, co-writers and directors, seem content to bunt for long stretches between home runs.Read Full Review »