It has incest, sweaty armpits, nipple rings, drool, an amputee, a stroke victim and an engagement ring stuck in a sticky place. And Heather Graham. All that, and it's not very funny.
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USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
It's so-so. As in mediocre. Even gross-out comedies need the stink of genius.
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Maybe gross-out romantic comedy is a shallow well, and it was simply Rogers's misfortune to find himself with a bucket full of sludge.
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie doesn't understand that embarrassment comes in a sudden painful flush of realization; drag it out, and it's not embarrassment anymore, but public humiliation, which is a different condition, and not funny.
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
In the same genre as the Farrellys' "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber," only lousy.
25
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Simply something you don't want to touch.
20
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
The humor stays on one low level throughout, and thus fades fast.
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Washington PostStephen Hunter
What a jolly comedy theme: incest.
20
Film.comTom Keogh
Film.comTom Keogh
I don't like Say It Isn't So, but I understand its karmic inevitability.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A black comedy in the form of vicarious serial punishment.