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Article: FM REVIEW: 'Heartbreak Kid' funny, familiar

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Samantha Bohnert
University Wire
10-08-2007
(The News Record) (U-WIRE) CINCINNATI -- Finding someone to marry is a gift, finding out the person you married is Medusa in a blond wig is not so nice. From the Farrelly brothers, ("Me, Myself, and Irene," "There's Something About Mary") "The Heartbreak Kid" seems to have great potential. But, though having a stellar cast, the movie rests on its storyline and brings nothing else to the table.

The chemistry between the main characters fizzles before it even begins, but that might have something to do with the fact picturing Ben Stiller as a ladies' man is as about as believable as Jennifer Lopez calling herself a producer. But I digress.

Stiller ...

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