I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)Adam Sandler and Kevin James star as best friends and fellow firefighters Chuck and Larry, the pride of their Brooklyn fire station. Chuck owes Larry for saving his life. Larry calls in that favor big-time by asking Chuck to pose as his “domestic partner” so his kids will get his pension. But when a fact-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the two straight guys are forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds. Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames and Dan Aykroyd co-star in this hilarious comedy.It’s crude and sometimes awkward, but there’s a gleefully subversive movie lurking inside I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. By virtue of a tooth-grinding contrivance, two manly Manhattan firefighters, Adam Sandler and Kevin James, must move in together and pretend to be gay; after seeing life from the other side, they learn something about tolerance. Sandler is the obnoxious, aggressively offensive womanizer, while James plays a widowed dad worried about his effeminate son. Nothing is too surprising about the way this works out, except for the film’s unabashedly gay-rights fervor. It’s one thing for a sensitive art-house movie to preach to the choir, and quite another for Sandler to speak to his multiplex audience on how uncool it is to use a homophobic slur. Ham-handedly directed and almost proudly sloppy, Chuck & Larry wins points for remaining defiantly rude; a nicer movie wouldn’t have been as effective. There’s a hilarious supporting performance by Ving Rhames, and Jessica Biel brings her Kim Novak-style glamour to a truly unbelievable character. Rob Schneider and Richard Chamberlain (two names not generally brought together) are amusing in small roles. –Robert Horton
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Review by Lynn Benson for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
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Expected it to be “okay”. Adam Sandler movies can tend to be ridiculous — when he plays ignorant and unrealisticly stupid boneheads from time to time. I was kind of expecting that. But I was hoping for a couple of hours by myself so I got a movie I know there was no chance my husband would dare watch with me (not in a million years…) And I was so pleasantly suprised to be laughing out loud over and over again. I absolutely loved the light-in-the-loafers son. Especially when he beat up the bully at school. I about peed my pants. THAT was one of the best fight scenes in film history! Someone needs to clip that and turn it viral! If you’re homophobic, you are going to be uncomfortable a lot in this movie. Not like Brokeback Mountain, but you may want to pass nonetheless. But if you’ve got a sense of humor and you’re a normal human being — watch this.
Review by GameraRocks for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
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Being a big fan of both Sandler and James, it hurts to rate the film so low. I was really expecting a lot from two of my favorite modern comedians, but there just wasn’t much in the story to be really funny. James and Sandler have both done seperate movies and TV shows that are funnier than this. Don’t get me wrong, it is ok, but more like a giggle here and there instead of a full on belly laugh the entire film. I can’t even think of a scene that was my favorite, which is another problem, it’s not that memorable. Overall, it is worth watching but not worth buying.
Review by Brian Shaw for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
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disappointing, could’ve been a really funny movie! There was just something missing, either chemistry between the two actors or timing. The preview was better then the movie!
Review by Artist at Hart for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
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Over the years I have grown to Love Adam Sandler’s humor and off-beat comedies. When this came out I was so looking foward to another Adam Sandler classic. So, how was the movie, it was just ok. To be fair the good intention of the same sex driven humor was evident, but there was something that was missing. All of the personalities were extreme without the payoff. The ending resolves all of the relationship conflicts as a movie should, but after just making it through the movie once you will likely not need to do it again. Wait until this is on cable, you will appreciate it more.
Review by PB&bananas for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
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It seems like all of Adam Sandler’s movies have the same theme, plot and actors. Frankly I am over it, but I thought just maybe this one would be different. If you are are expecting to be blown away and laughing hysterically you won’t be. If you have seen Adam’s other movies you will be able to predict what happens.