Say It Isn't So (2001)

Young orphan Gilly (Klein) finds out his lover Jo (Graham) may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop ... See full summary »

Director:

J.B. Rogers

Writers:

Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow

Stars:

Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Klein	...	Gilbert Noble
Heather Graham	...	Josephine Wingfield
Orlando Jones	...	Dig McCaffrey
Sally Field	...	Valdine Wingfield
Richard Jenkins	...	Walter Wingfield
John Rothman	...	Larry Falwell
Jack Plotnick	...	Leon Pitofsky
Eddie Cibrian	...	Jack Mitchelson
Mark Pellegrino	...	Jimmy Mitchelson
Brent Hinkley	...	Streak
Henry Cho	...	Freddy
Richard Riehle	...	Sheriff Merle Hobbs
Brent Briscoe	...	Detective Vic Vetter
Ezra Buzzington	...	Stewart
Julie White	...	Ruthie Falwell

Storyline

Young orphan Gilly (Klein) finds out his lover Jo (Graham) may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop her impending wedding. Unfortunately the entire nation has heard the same story and thinks he's just after incestuous thrills.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | motel | coffee break | ash scattering | sex talk | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dime que no es cierto

Filming Locations:

Greater Vancouver Regional District Demonstration Forest, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£202,352 (UK) (15 June 2001)

Gross:

£360,847 (UK) (22 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Conundrum Entertainment, Say It Isn't So Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Briefly features Return of the Tres, performed by Delinquent Habits - a song prominently featured in Double Take, a movie Orlando Jones starred in prior to this film.

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Goofs

Reflected in the window of Jo's station wagon as she drives away after talking with her mother.

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Quotes

Jimmy Mitchelson: He wants to marry his sister.
Freddy: He better not come back.
Jimmy Mitchelson: Yeah, that's right, or we'll tie you to a tree, fuck you in the ass while we jerk you off. Show you what we really do to perverts around here.

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Connections

References Hawaii Five-O (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Louie Louie"
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by The Kingsmen
Courtesy of The Kingsmen and Original Sound Entertainment

User Reviews

Gets off to a slow start, but gets funnier as it goes along

First of all, I was disappointed that the Farrellys didn't take the director's seat on this one. I hate when previews mislead you like that. Nine times out of ten, when you hear the announcer in a trailer say, "from horror master Wes Craven" or something of that sort, it means the well-known director is a producer or executive producer in the project, like in this case. But it still has that Farrelly vibe, since J.B. Rogers worked as the A.D. in their previous works.

The movie gets off to a slow start. The gags start off pretty lame. And most of the funny parts shown were given away in the previews. We're handed a lot of quirks, but the comedy doesn't quite gel. We have Richard Jenkins as a wheelchair-bound father, who uses excessive profanity through a voice-box. So far, we're pushing the envelope, but the laughs haven't entirely arrived. I have to admit, though, the nipple-piercing scene was very funny. Luckily, that scene wasn't completely given away in the trailers, because quite frankly--it couldn't be shown on network television.

The film speeds up the comedy with the arrival of Orlando Jones as a pilot with artificial legs and a Jimmi Hendrix hairdo. For some reason, the Farrellys have an obsession with handicapped characters. Jones is very funny, and brings in the film's biggest laughs.

I also think we wander into one-joke territory one time too many. OK, the guy banged his sister. It was funny at first. How many times do we have to hear it repeated in the next gag...and the gag after that...and the gag after that? But the gags improve as we go along, and I got more and more laughs. By the last thirty minutes, I was laughing myself silly! So I wouldn't say this comedy is anywhere near as bad as most people said it was.

"Say It Isn't So" isn't the best comedy of the year, but it often delivers. And it's one of the few comedies that gets funnier as it goes along, rather than starting off with a bang and dragging on as it progresses.

My score: 7 (out of 10)