Parts of this movie had me howling, although I'll warn you beforehand it's not like the other Farrelly bros films "There's Something About Mary" or "Dumb and Dumber". The laughs here are a lot cleaner, less edgy and pretty family friendly for the most part. Overall, the film is much more subtle, which is either good or bad depending on how you like your comedies.
The humour here isn't as slapstick & madcap as you might expect from a movie about conjoined twins. Instead it's more subtle, almost like a Christopher Guest film ("Best in Show", "Waiting for Guffman"). For example one of the best gags is the idea that these conjoined twins (by definition, fraternal twins) look nothing alike. Can Matt Damon & Greg Kinnear look any LESS alike? There's currently an 8-page thread in the discussion board where people think it's a loophole, but ya just gotta smack your forehead. The film has a lot of gags like that where no punchline is required; it's just the situational weirdness that makes us laugh, if you're tuned in to it. Another subtle yet funny example is the way Eva Mendes reacts upon learning that the two are conjoined twins. Contrast this with the way Wenn Yan Shih reacts, and you have some comedy gold right there.
If you like subtle humour, I think you'll like this film as well as the underratted knee-slappers "Color Me Kubrick" with John Malkovich, the classic "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Michael Caine & Steve Martin, and a funny Mexican film I saw recently called "Casi Divas". These films may not have you convulsing in laughter, but afterwards I guarantee you'll say to yourself, "Dang that was funny."
The humour here isn't as slapstick & madcap as you might expect from a movie about conjoined twins. Instead it's more subtle, almost like a Christopher Guest film ("Best in Show", "Waiting for Guffman"). For example one of the best gags is the idea that these conjoined twins (by definition, fraternal twins) look nothing alike. Can Matt Damon & Greg Kinnear look any LESS alike? There's currently an 8-page thread in the discussion board where people think it's a loophole, but ya just gotta smack your forehead. The film has a lot of gags like that where no punchline is required; it's just the situational weirdness that makes us laugh, if you're tuned in to it. Another subtle yet funny example is the way Eva Mendes reacts upon learning that the two are conjoined twins. Contrast this with the way Wenn Yan Shih reacts, and you have some comedy gold right there.
If you like subtle humour, I think you'll like this film as well as the underratted knee-slappers "Color Me Kubrick" with John Malkovich, the classic "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Michael Caine & Steve Martin, and a funny Mexican film I saw recently called "Casi Divas". These films may not have you convulsing in laughter, but afterwards I guarantee you'll say to yourself, "Dang that was funny."