The Heartbreak Kid

SYNOPSIS

Ben Stiller may be older and greyer than he was in the 1998 Farrelly brothers hit There's Something about Mary, but he hasn't outgrown their distinctive brand of scatological comedy. Here they deliver an outrageously crude remake of Neil Simon's 1972 tale of love and marriage, with Stiller as awkward bachelor Eddie, who marries Lila (Malin Akerman) in haste then repents at leisure during a disastrous honeymoon in Mexico. Put off by his new wife's slobbish habits, and left on his own when she's confined to her room with sunburn, Eddie falls for fellow holidaymaker Miranda (Michelle Monaghan). All sorts of comic complications ensue, often involving bodily fluids and/or functions. Surprisingly, Simon's original set-up withstands the coarseness, ensuring even the most risqué scenes have a sweet undertow. Still, it's hard to imagine original stars Charles Grodin and Cybill Shepherd enacting a graphic moment in which a woman salves her partner's jellyfish sting by relieving herself over his prone body.