Adam Sandler and Kevin James play two unlikely heterosexual firefighters who hatch a plan to get married, mainly so that widower James can have Sandler be his beneficiary for his children in case he dies on the job. They run into a heap of trouble when they are investigated and can face jail time by perpetrating a fraud. Now they're going to have to pretend to be gay partners. I had to see this for myself... first because I love Kevin James' television series THE KING OF QUEENS, second because sometimes Adam Sandler's comedy hits me right, and also because I was curious from hearing all the vocal objections to the gay stereotypes in this movie. Turns out that this was a moderately humorous comedy to me and, just as I suspected all along, it's done in good fun as it jabs at the gay lifestyle, yet also manages to show the level of intolerance and prejudices that homosexuals face on a regular basis. This was nothing like the horrendous and "mean spirited" comedy I'd heard so much about. Of course, it's not exactly "PC" for these times, but the stereotypical gags here are no worse than WHITE CHICKS (stereotyping blonde girls), SHALLOW HAL (ripping on fat women), THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (needling middle aged "geeks"), or any other such types of movies. Hey, everyone gets their turn in the barrel. **1/2 out of ****
Review of I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
