The Heartbreak Kid

December 31, 2007

The Heartbreak Kid is a 2007 comedy film starring Ben Stiller and is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name. The film was directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and stars Ben Stiller, Malin ?kerman, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, and Carlos Mencia.

Plot

Eddie (Ben Stiller), the owner of a sports shop, is single and indecisive about starting a relationship. While walking down the street he witnesses a purse snatcher victimizing Lila (Malin ?kerman). After failing to retrieve the purse, they exchange pleasantries and eventually date. They quickly become serious, as they seem perfect for each other. Pushed by the urging of his father (Jerry Stiller) and best friend (Rob Corddry), Eddie proposes to Lila and they are married. However, during their honeymoon in Mexico Eddie begins to question his decision, as it becomes increasingly apparent how mismatched the couple is.

As he realizes the mistake he has made, Eddie meets Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), another vacationer, at a bar. Its almost immediately obvious that Eddie and Miranda are a perfect match. Eddie devotes large amounts of his honeymoon time to Miranda. When Lila confronts Eddie about his absences he makes up a story about a potentially huge business investor he is trying to butter up. Faced with the overwhelming schism between Lila and him, and the obviously perfect match between Miranda and him, Eddie decides to break up with Lila. In the chaos surrounding his breakup with Lila, the entire situation becomes apparent to both her and Miranda. Both abandon him, and his passport is destroyed in the mayhem.

Without a passport, Eddie is forced to cross the US border illegally, and after an extensive search he finds Miranda. He drives down, sneaks into her house late at night, and offers her an ultimatum: marry him, or turn down true love. Unfortunately she has since married and he is rejected.

A year and a half later, Eddie has moved to Mexico. Miranda comes down on vacation informing him that she made a mistake and wants to be with him. Eddie tells his new wife Consuela (Eva Longoria) that he wants to split up.

Promotion

During the film’s preview at the 2007 Comic Con Convention in San Diego, California, a sex scene from the film was cut due to backlash for the nudity in prior films at the convention such as 300 and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Cast

• Ben Stiller as Eddie Cantrow
• Michelle Monaghan as Miranda
• Malin ?kerman as Lila
• Jerry Stiller as Doc Cantrow
• Rob Corddry as Mac
• Carlos Mencia as Uncle Tito
• Danny R. McBride as Martin
• Eva Longoria (cameo)

Trivia

The movie’s name is the same as WWE’s HBK (Shawn Micheals). The movie had to get WWE’s permission to use the title. WWE agreed to let them use the title as long as HBK would somehow be included in the movie. HBK had a liitle appearance in the movie that most people didn’t notice.

Reception

The Heartbreak Kid has received mostly poor reviews from film critics. As of November 27, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 29% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 138 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 46 out of 100, based on 30 reviews.^[3] Peter Traver’s (of Rolling Stone) declared the film the year’s Worst Remake on his list of the Worst Movies of 2007.

Box office performance

The film grossed an estimated $14 million in 3,229 theaters in its opening weekend, placing it a second place at the box office in the United States and Canada. As of November 27, 2007, the film has grossed a domestic total of $36,715,679, plus $62,499,630 foreign giving it a worldwide total of $99,215,309.

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