The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Directors:

Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly

Writers (WGA):

Scot Armstrong (screenplay) and
Leslie Dixon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Love blows

Plot:

A newlywed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.

Plot Keywords:

Newlywed | Marriage | Sporting Goods Store | Dance | Hobby

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Eddie
Malin Akerman	...	Lila
Michelle Monaghan	...	Miranda
Jerry Stiller	...	Doc
Rob Corddry	...	Mac
Carlos Mencia	...	Tito
Scott Wilson	...	Boo
Polly Holliday	...	Beryl
Danny McBride	...	Martin
Roy Jenkins	...	Buzz
Stephanie Courtney	...	Gayla
Amy Sloan	...	Deborah
Jerry Sherman	...	Grandpa Anderson
Lauren Bowles	...	Tammy
Nicholas Kromka	...	12 Year Old Twin

Also Known As:

Seven Day Itch (USA) (working title)
Untitled Farrelly Brothers Project (USA) (working title)
La mujer de mis pesadillas (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Les femmes de ses rêves (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
7 meres fagoura (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Agyõ, nagy õ! (Hungary) [hu]
Antes Só do Que Mal Casado (Brazil) [pt]
Epta meres fagoura (Greece) [el]
Le brise-coeur (Canada: French title) [fr]
Lo spaccacuori (Italy) [it]
Matrimonio compulsivo (Spain) [es]
Mesinädalad kahe naisega (Estonia) [et]
Nach 7 Tagen - Ausgeflittert (Germany) [de]
O Mal Casado (Portugal) [pt]
Sekaisin suhteessa (Finland) [fi]
Sipsevdi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor and language.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 (cut) | UK:18 | Germany:12 | USA:R (Approved No. 43638) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-13 | Australia:MA | Peru:14 | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:U | France:Unrated | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Ireland:16 (cut) | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:16 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Company:

DreamWorks Pictures

Trivia:

During the drive and the arrival Ben Stiller’s character is wearing a Jack Johnson shirt. Ben Stiller was in Jack Johnson's video for the song "Taylor."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Miranda falls into the ocean and Eddie jumps in after her, you can clearly see that Miranda is wearing aqua shoes in the water instead of her sandals; which she is wearing when she is walking out of the water on the beach.

Quotes:

Eddie Cantrow: Oh, excuse me.
Flamboyant Man: Yeah.
Eddie Cantrow: Hey, are you running this whole thing?
Flamboyant Man: Oh. Sure. Walk up to the first homo you see and assume he's the wedding coordinator, right? Nice.
Eddie Cantrow: No, no. I didn't - I didn't mean that.
Flamboyant Man: Nice stereotype, buddy. Nice.
[the obviously gay wedding coordinator walks up to them]
Wedding Coordinator: [in a sing-song voice] Did I hear someone say "wedding coordinator"? That would be *moi*!
[simpering]
Wedding Coordinator: How can I help you?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Basic Instinct (1992)

Soundtrack:

Take Em Or Leave Em

Stiller in positions like never before

Farrelly brothers return with a raucous romp The Heartbreak Kid stars comedic legend Ben Stiller as the goofy unmarried guy trying to make sense of things. All his life, Eddie Cantrow (Stiller) has been searching for his one true love. While his quest to end his bachelor days continues, his friends are all busy tying the knot.

Eddie Cantrow doesn't want to be the last bachelor on the block so he takes some unsound advice and marries the first beautiful girl he happens to run into. Lila (Akerman) is not only a strikingly gorgeous gal with healthy physical needs; she is also a bat out of hell.

Cantrow discovers that there's more to life than marrying for the sake of it. Enter Miranda (Monaghan) a cute down-to-earth gal on the rebound. In true Farrelly brother style, the humour is crass and outrageous. The graphic sex scenes are a diversion from Stiller's mainstream work, but it gels in this particular little entrée.