A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Steve Zahn
Wayne Lefessier
Jack Black
J.D. McNugent
Jason Biggs
Darren Silverman
Amanda Peet
Judith Fessbeggler
Amanda Detmer
Sandy
R. Lee Ermey
Coach
Neil Diamond
Self
Kyle Gass
Bar Dude
Andrew McIlroy
Waiter
Norman Armour
Minister
Colin Foo
Old Man
Christopher Logan
Vageet
Esme Lambert
Raccoon Woman
Max Fomitchev
Mime
Tony Parsons
Newscaster
Oscar Goncalves
Man
Lillian Carlson
Mother Superior
Mark Aaron Wagner
Luigi
Stephen Chang
Thai Referee
Eliza Norbury
Wayne's Mom
Michael Roberds
Doctor
Sean Owen Roberts
Wong
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Warren
Lowela Jotie
Cheerleader
Odessa Munroe
Hooker
Tracy Trueman
Hooker
Devin Douglas Drewitz
Young Wayne
Carly McKillip
Cute Girl
Carla Boudreau
Beautiful Woman
Biski Gugushe
Cop At Darren's House
Steven McMichael
Josh
Dennis Dugan
Referee
Larry Lam
Thai Kickboxer
Brett Armstrong
Brett
Director
Dennis Dugan
Screenplay
Hank Nelken
Screenplay
Greg DePaul
August 19, 2020
5
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can really only recommend for big Steve Zahn fans.
This movie is a lot of trash, fun trash, but trash none the less. It makes sense that these actors would band together to do a comedic project, but I can't imagine why they did an "idiot boys club" trope with a "gay as comedy" twist.
I'm not a fan of Amanda Peet (but do watch "A Lot Like Love" and "Brockmire", oddly both baseball subjects), but she is the best actor in this by about a factor of 10. She plays a highly intellectual character that just doesn't fit in the same world as these other characters (most likely by design), and even manages to do some action sequences with other people involved without them also doing the action sequences.
While I like Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, and R. Lee Ermey, I'm not a Steve Zahn fan, and this is not Jack Black's best work. Being as the majority of the movie is the latter and Amanda Peet, there is a lot of "this is kind of annoying" as opposed to "this is kind of funny".
The structural writing is actually good, but the premise and the comedic writing is ludicrous, and it is pretty hit or miss.
I can't recommend it just because there are too many other options: just the number of abuse humor comedies starring Jason Biggs is enough to give you a list of suggestions for other movies.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$22,000,000.00
Revenue:
$19,351,569.00