Starring:
Him from "American Pie" The one that was knocking off Mena Suvari
That bloke...he was in that thing...You know the one I mean?
Her from How I Met Your Mother. The Canadian one.
Holy crap is that the bloke from London's Burning?
Advertising man Ed Waxman (Fehr) is not only recovering from a horrific breakup but his creative spark has vanished and his job on the line. Naturally his lothario brother
Cooper (Klein) decides that the cure is to get him laid.
Hilarity ensues, he says sarcastically.
I picked this one up as part of an "8 for £5" deal. I'd never heard of it but I thought it might be funny enough to watch while I was eating my tea.
Bad idea.
I began to regret my choice when we got to the scene where Ed finds his missus with a mouthful of his best mate's spunk. Which she swallows. Tone well and truly established.
The idea was to mine the same seam of near-the-knuckle, gross-out humour that made the "American Pie" and "Harold & Kumar" movies such a hit. Problem is, none of it is actually funny so we get the gross without the good bits. Then after an hour or so of Ed getting repeatedly humiliated there's a feel good ending nailed on to wrap things up.
There's nothing particularly wrong with the performances; Chris Klein does a good job as a shallow, sleazy pickup artist and Brendan Fehr does his best to make us root for poor Ed but it's hard to feel anything much for either character since the writing isn't on their side. Meanwhile Cobie Smulders is there to look good and be Ed's reward for all his bad times. It feels a bit contrived frankly.
And I'm fairly certain she gets more dialogue than all the other female characters put together.
How much did I pay for this? 62.5 pence.
Was it worth it? Not really. This film isn't the worst would-be comedy I've ever seen - check my review archive for more details - but I struggled to watch this all the way through. And it put me off my tea so...nope.
