The movie The Heartbreak Kid is about 40 years old single, unmarried, sporting goods store owner Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) met Lila (Milan Akerman) on the street mugging, days after being deeply embarrassed during his ex-fiancé’s wedding.
Merely days passed by and they met up again, and they launched into a quick romance. Everything was so fine, so perfect and things went so well that Eddie thinks Lila is The One but he still has reserve as he always has commitment issues.
Then Lila’s company is transferring her to some foreign country because the company’s policy is not to transfer married couple, Eddie made a hasty proposal to Lila,after being pressured by his dad and best friend Mac, so that she could stay in San Francisco and not going oversea for years on business.
Well, they tied the knot and they drove to Capo, Mexico, for their honeymoon. And this is where the disasters begin.
Eddie soon found out the many flaws of Lila, like the way she talks, the way she acts, her irritating behavior of twirling her finger on his nipple, her sordid past, her stubborn I-did-it-because-you-said-otherwise acts and many more.
Well, I don’t want to reveal too much on the hilarious act, so let’s just say that Lila got herself into serious skin problems after her stubbornness so she couldn’t leave the hotel room. Eddie went to the cafe to order food, and that’s where he met Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), a laid-back highschool teacher who is not only pretty but very down to earth, great sense of humor and has the same wavelength as Eddie.
Then Eddie fell in love with Miranda, while he’s on honeymoon with his newly wed wife whom was ill in the hotel honeymoon suite. So he tried to juggle his time around and stuff like that. Of course, a comedy won’t be a great one if the new wife and new girlfriend didn’t find out about the fact that he was cheating on his honeymoon / hitting on the girl on his honeymoon. So all hell broke loose.
Well, I won’t tell you how the movie ends. Let’s just say it is kind of a surprise and the ultra hot Eva Longoria made a special appearance at the end of the movie!
Overall, besides our censorship board constant itchy hands and stuff, this movie is worth your bucks when you are free and got nothing much left to watch (Of course, with I am Legend and Golden Compass out, The Hearbreak Kid won’t be so attracting anymore)
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