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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) 6.0
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6.0/10 from 106,250 users
Metascore: 37/100
Reviews: 224 user | 164 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a gay couple in order to receive domestic partner benefits. Director:Dennis Dugan |
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Cast
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| Jessica Biel | ... | ||
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | ||
| Ving Rhames | ... | ||
| Steve Buscemi | ... |
Clint Fitzer
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Renaldo Pinera
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| Allen Covert | ... | ||
| Rachel Dratch | ... |
Benefits Supervisor Sara Powers
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Councilman Banks
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| Nick Swardson | ... | ||
| Blake Clark | ... | ||
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Teresa
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Glen Aldrich
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Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine are friends and Brooklyn firefighting partners. Widower Larry, who still mourns the death of his wife Paula, is having problems changing the beneficiary on his insurance policy from Paula's name to his children's. He is worried about his children's future if he were to be killed in the line of duty, and is contemplating quitting his job for something less risky, but he also does not want to forfeit his firefighter's pension as he also see it as a safety net for his children. Larry saves Chuck's life on one of their calls. So when Chuck tells Larry that he owes him one, Larry takes him up on his offer. Larry's favor: despite both being heterosexual, that they enter into a domestic partnership, in name and paper only, to provide that much needed protection for Larry's children. Chronic womanizer Chuck reluctantly but eventually agrees. The one person who knows for a certainty that they are both straight is their boss, Captain Phineas J. Tucker. Their ... Written by Huggo
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They're as straight as can be, but don't tell anyone. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 July 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Je vous déclare Chuck et Larry See more »Box Office
Budget:
$85,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,090,831 (UK) (21 September 2007)Gross:
£3,752,731 (UK) (12 October 2007)Company Credits
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Larry Valentine: Maxi Pads.
Chuck Levine: What, do we have vaginas now? Put it back!
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Written by Erik Schrody, Leor Dimant, Danny Boy (as Danny O'Conner)
Performed by House of Pain
Courtesy of Tommy Boy Music
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group & TV Licensing
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The book Chuck reads to Larry's kids is "The Puppy Who Lost it's Way", which is the same book Miss Lippy read in Billy Madison (1995). Both movies star Adam Sandler. See more »Goofs
When Larry has the Mets game on, Xavier Nady hits a 2 run home run and you hear Gary Cohen say 6-2 Mets. The next clip has Nady still up at bat and the score is 4-2. See more »Quotes
Chuck Levine: What do you got?Larry Valentine: Maxi Pads.
Chuck Levine: What, do we have vaginas now? Put it back!
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Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom)Written by Erik Schrody, Leor Dimant, Danny Boy (as Danny O'Conner)
Performed by House of Pain
Courtesy of Tommy Boy Music
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group & TV Licensing
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WARNING: I don't know how this film eventually received the PG-13 rating, as there is quite a bit of sexual humor, adult language and male nudity. While for an adult audience this is okay, don't mistakenly think this is a kids movie.
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY is a decent time-passer but not a whole lot more. I think most of the problem is that the film makers could have either played the film straight (so to speak) and tried to make it profound or they could have simply played it for laughs. BUT, trying to do both at the same time (like this movie did) tended to lessen the social commentary as well as take away from what could have been a much funnier film. In other words, playing this middle ground, in hindsight, probably wasn't the best idea. As a result, when the film tried to be serious and make gay-positive assertions, it came off as forced and half-hearted.
Considering that the film came out two years ago by the time I wrote this review and by now there are a bazillion reviews already, I won't summarize the film's plot. Instead, let's focus on what I liked. Sandler and James were both very good in the leads--I have no complaints there other than they tried way too hard to make Sandler some sort of stud. If he were NOT a movie star, there is no way he'd be able to get the girls he got in the film (especially pretty and very young Jessica Biel). Some of the supporting actors were very good. I liked Ving Rhames, Dan Aykroyd, the amazing dancing kid and that crazy dancing hobo. However, a few of the supporting actors sucked. Steve Buscemi's character was a caricature with no depth whatsoever as were all the non-gay positive characters--they were one-dimensional and were more like stereotypes than people. Also, how in the heck did Rob Schneider get away with such an awful and offensive performance?! Having him play a Japanese man (badly) hearkens to the days of Sidney Toler and Warner Oland (both Westerners) playing 'Charlie Chan'. I thought those days of having non-Asians play Asians (very broadly) were over--one of the positive aspects of political correctness. Now it is a little-known fact that Schneider's mother is a Filipino, but he still doesn't look the least bit Japanese and his character was MORE over the top than Peter Lorre's 'Mr. Moto'--and was a lot like Brando's impersonation of a Japanese man in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON or Mickey Rooney's in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (ugghh!!). With Schneider's Moe Howard-like wig, thick classes and buck teeth, he simply is a walking stereotype.
Overall, it's a decent time-passer you can watch if you have Showtime. Otherwise, it's very easy to just skip this one.