The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (156 reviews)

  • 41% of users liked it
    (294,299 ratings)

When 40-year-old San Francisco bachelor Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) attends the wedding of his ex-fiancée -- and is seated at a "singles table" full of children -- he realizes maybe he's been too picky in his love life, and it's time to settle down. Fortunately, he doesn't have… More

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Oct 5, 2007 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    If The Heartbreak Kid doesn't go totally wrong, its big problem is that doesn't really go anywhere. It just sort of lies there, like dumb Lila on the beach, waiting to turn gold.

  • David Fear, Time Out New York

    The original's premise has been stripped of anything to do with upward mobility, and except for one shot involving a Prince Albert, the Farrellys' signature shock humor is largely absent.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    [A] hit-or-miss, not-as-bad-as-you've-heard remake of the 1972 minor classic.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It just falls flat, flat, flat.

  • Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

    Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly brothers flick.

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  • Jeff "


    The Farrelly Brothers have made some terrific, hilarious comedies in the past. Some of their films are modern classics and are still funny time and time again. However with The Heartbreak Kid, they make their worst film. I found the film to be unfunny, and tiresome with a cast that… More

  • Phil H


    I like the Stillers allot, most comedies Ben makes are really fun, light hearted and usually spoofy, this has the added bonus of having his dad Jerry in there with him. Together they are great, Jerry is hilarious (check 'The King of Queens') and Ben always hits the right… More

  • Melvin W


    Doc: Now listen to me and listen to me good! When your wife, on her honeymoon, asks you to cock her, you cock her good, God damn it! The Heartbreak Kid is a decent enough comedy. I haven't seen the original, so I have nothing to compare it to. The movie isn't great by any… More

  • Bethany M


    I'll pay a compliment to Ben Stiller and say this was his best work. It was extrememely funny and I admit that I quite enjoyed it. 8/10.

  • Manu G


    Quite funny and peculiar, I enjoyed it alot. Eddie is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancée walk down the aisle, he meets Lila, an environmental researcher, who seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie… More

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