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***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** This film made me laugh, simple as that, so it would qualify as a success as a comedy. The laughs are low-brow and you don't have to be an intellectual to understand or `get' the jokes when they come around. This movie seems to have a lot of words like `tired' attached to it, and many people question whether the Farrelly brothers started losing the comedy muscle with this movie and while I would agree with these statements, I think they are still wide of the mark in most cases.

This movie is meant to revolt you, make you cringe and leave you disbelieving that people would do some of the things that will happen and anyone that has a problem with this, I retort by saying `well, duh!' The main review that was on this page for this movie ripped it to pieces, which would have been fine except the person didn't even get the details of the movie right. I'm all for denouncing a movie, but please get the facts right if you're going to do it.

The story is simple. Boy meets girl, fall in love, get engaged and then find out their actually long lost brother and sister. Flash forward 16 months and we find girl engaged to wealthy small town man and boy with his newly found parents actually finding out that it was a mistake and they aren't related at all. Mother wants daughter to marry rich boy and neglects to tell daughter that boy is not her brother. Boy goes to said small town to win her back. Mother does everything in her power to stop boy, including making out he is a sexual predator. Well, it's actually pretty simple when you watch it. Plus there is some great subplot characters to go into the mix to keep the story moving.

There seems to be a very definite elitism when it comes to comedies such as this. Hey, I like a great dark comedy with many layers as much as the next person, but sometimes, I really like to just watch something that doesn't tax the brain. This falls into the latter category and has a sweet, twisted love story at its centre to boot. The acting from the leads isn't earth shattering but the support cast is a riot.

Don't look to hard and you will be entertained. 2¾ outta 5

SAY IT ISN'T SO! / (2001) * (out of four)

Spoilers Here we have the most uncomfortable movie of the new year, and it comes in the form of a comedy even the Farrelly brothers didn't brother to write or direct, but instead produce so the filmmakers could put the famous tagline on the posters: "From the Guys who brought you 'There's Something About Many.'" That is getting old, and the Farrelly brothers are beginning to lose their credibility. Just look at "Outside Providence," and "Me, Myself, & Irene." They are losing their outrageously funny sense of humor. Here, there is plenty of offensive material, crude humor, gross out sight gags and disgusting subjects, but the real impulse and wit are gone. This movie basically has one joke repeated continuously.and the original joke isn't even all that funny.

"Say It Isn't So!" ponders upon the question of what if you fell in love with a beautiful woman only to find out, after wild sex and popping the big question, that she is actually your long lost sister? The film's main character, Gilly Noble, played by Chris Klein from "Here on Earth," which, in a sense, was even worse than this picture, must deal with this vary situation, and things get even more complicated when (spoiler) he finds out his love is not really his sibling after all!

I am getting ahead of myself here. Lets start at the very beginning, when Gilly, an underpaid dog catcher, meets an attractive but untalented hair stylist named Jo Wingfield (Heather Graham from "Bowfinger"). He has no parents, but is frantically searching for them as he has hired a spy to search for his birth mother. She has parents, but her father (Richard Jenkins) is terminally ill and communicates through an electronic voice amplifier and despises almost everyone he comes in which he contacts, and her mother (Sally Field) is a bitter, scheming, money-hungry con woman who hides from Gilly that Jo is not his sister, so that the heroine can marry a popular millionaire.

The film's individual scenes feel awkward and uneasy, as if the filmmakers are unsure of what they are doing and if they are doing it right. It does not appear that they knew what they were doing, and even if they did, they do almost everything wrong, anyway. Dialogue is unconfident, cringe-inducing, and often down right stupid-making for a movie that is both boring and pointless. The actual sense of humor consists of typical Farrelly gestures: physical injury, sexually frank undertones and remarks, victimized animals, and political incorrectness. But for the most part this movie confuses public humiliation with embarrassment and that becomes painfully irritating. After a while, the sexual content losses what little shock value it had, and become just a constant array of sexual references and foul comments.

I would really like to know if the filmmakers instructed Heather Graham and Chris Klein to exploit their worst possible acting ability because they do not even have the acting quality of middle school kids in a Friday night, two for a dollar, 30-minute presentation. They are both capable of a whole lot more, and they seem to confuse the idea that in order to be successful in a comedy, you need not to act silly, but act seriously in order for a joke to be played upon them. As a result of the performance miscalculations, the film's many side characters upstage the two main characters, thus we never really care about either one of them.

The film's director is J.B. Rogers, who used to go by James B. Rogers, until now, that is. Maybe he wanted to go by a different name so that this film will not haunt his reputation for long. The writers are novices Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow. Gaulke has some experience with Saturday Night Live (the combined letters SNL are almost always a death sentence to a movie, "Say It Isn't So!," is no exception), and Swallow has nothing to his writing credits until now. I have good news for both of these screenwriters: their careers can only go uphill from here!

Say it isn't So (2001): Dir: J.B. Rodgers / Cast: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins: Scene after scene of pure stupidity about information that a couple discover about each other. Vulgar comedy about an animal shelter worker who falls in love with a hairdresser only to learn that she may be his sister. When he discovers that she isn't his sister, he travels to Beaver to prevent her from marrying a rich snot. His journey becomes complicated once "wanted" signs baring his image are placed about town. He tries to reconnect with her but everyone believes they are related. Director J.B. Rodgers previously made American Pie 2 but here the vulgarity is surrounded by a more comical subject matter. Chris Klein strolls down town with his arm stuck up a cow's ass. Heather Graham plays dumb blonde to perfection. Their conclusion isn't difficult to figure out. Orlando Jones plays a legless pilot who assists Klein in his quest but more would have been better. Sally Field and Richard Jenkins steal scenes as Graham's dysfunctional parents who grow worse in their physical and mental condition. Incest implement may offend certain viewers but since the couple is unrelated it merely exaggerates misinterpretations of information and one's inability to cope with it. It is offensive material but pulls off a funny concept that leaves much to be said. Score: 7 / 10

Say It Isn't So is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Chris Klein,Heather Graham,Sally Field (sporting a blonde wig) and Richard Jenkens. The movie (which is also produced by the guys who brought us Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary)is about a man named Gilbert(Klein) who is living with his foster family as he was adopted many years ago. He later meets a quirky hairdresser named Jo(Graham) and falls in love with her. But when a mix up between both Gilbert and Jo spread out that they could be related,Gil goes on the run only to discover that Jo isn't his sister and travels to Indiana to track her down before she marries her ex boyfriend Jack(Eddie Cabain). Will Gilbert stop the wedding?.

Overall it's a silly movie about incest(being in a relationship with your actual sibling or anyone related to you) yet it's funny in parts.

there was a man who worked at animal shelter. He accidentally met up with Jo beautiful girl and fell in love. However, the consequence that they were bother and sister came out after a while, and they needed to separate. But after few years later, a man who were actual Jo's bro visited her mother's house and Gilly knew he was not her bro. Then he decided to tell her about it continuously even though he got some bothering. Finally they could meet each other and got married. i like this movie because it has a lot of funny parts such as the scene cutting Gilly's ears. that was a little scary for me but funny. My favorite line is: i thought i told you to get a haircut. I chose it because I did know the phrase "get a haircut" instead of " cut hair off." you know,, I am Japansese so.

This is a surprisingly rather funny Comedy, that managed to entertain me for the most part, and the performances were a lot better then expected in my opinion!. All the characters are good, and the story was amusing, plus Chris Klein and Heather Graham were surprisingly awesome together!. There is a gross moment when Graham accidentally cuts off Klien's ear, and it also has some very funny gross out gags as well, plus Sally field is amusing as the bitch. The ending was incredibly silly (I mean how could Suzane Sommers be his mother!), but it was still funny, and this is well made and decently written too, plus I don't get why this has such a low rating. I wasn't expecting much of this, as I only rented it due to being fans of both of Graham and Klein, however what I got was a rather funny Comedy, and it can be rather tasteless at times, but I dig tasteless so i didn't bother me, plus Graham and Klein had very good chemistry together as well. This is surprisingly a rather funny Comedy, that managed to entertain me for the most part, the performances were a lot better then expected in my opinion, and I say it's well worth the watch!. The Direction is good. James B. Rogers does a good job here with solid camera work, and just keeping the film amusing and at a fast pace. The Acting is surprisingly pretty fun. Chris Klein is very funny here, he had fun with it, and managed to constantly make me chuckle, I still think his guy is in an underrated actor, as he worked very well with Graham! (Klein Rules!!). Heather Graham is incredibly gorgeous and is great here as the love interest, she was very likable, played it straight, and was very sexy! (Graham Rules!!!!). Orlando Jones is funny as Dig, he had some pretty funny lines, and had good chemistry with Klein, I really dug him!. Sally Field is amusing as the bitch of a mother, and I know she was supposed to be hated I couldn't help but find her amusing. Richard Jenkins is funny as the Father I liked him. Eddie Cibrian is very convincing as the asshole of a fiancée, he did good. Rest of the cast are fine. Overall well worth the watch!. *** out of 5

This movie is a very intriguing one, very reminiscent of Shallow Hal and Loser. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who has enjoyed the entertainment of Loser and/or Shallow Hal.

as a romance Comedy it is moderately good, as A Comedy/Drama it is very very good.

i personally preferred Loser with the chemistry of Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, but this movie is definitely worthy of your time.

It gives a interesting array of characters all borrowed from other movies, but still great to watch.

It succeeds in a few laughs (not as many as it should have), it also has the ability to make you feel for the characters.

I give this a 5.5 out of 10 Shallow Hal in retrospect i give a 6 and Loser deserved a 6

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if you are adopted or don't have track of all you immediate family maybe this movie isn't the best for you as it is harrowing in some parts. WIll make you think twice about people you know.