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I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY / Dennis Dugan (2007)

July 24th, 2007 by Scott Marks

A Must to Avoid

I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY

Directed by Dennis Dugan

Written by Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel & Dan Aykroyd

Running Time: 110 min.

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

The premise makes this sound like an American remake of a decade old French comedy. Chuck (Adam Sandler) and Larry (Ralph Kramden wannabe Kevin James), two sworn heterosexuals, agree to pass as lovers in order for recently widowed Larry to collect domestic partner benefits.

Expectations were piqued higher than usual for a Sandler vehicle, particularly one directed by his stalwart lackey Dennis Dugan. The credits boasted the Academy Award-winning writers behind the runaway hit comedy Sideways (plus Barry Fanaro, former producer of The Golden Girls). Instead of an appealing buddy picture, this time they deliver an appalling butt-buddy comedy.

The writing conference probably went something like this: Three straight guys sat around a table jotting down every homophobic cliché they could recall from grade school. Sprinkle in a few pleas for tolerance and, in order to give it the “Sandler touch,” equal doses of maudlin sentimentality and brutal fisticuffs.

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