Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs and Amanda Peet
Story rating: 1 1/2 discs
Story review: Darren (Jason Biggs), Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black) grow up as best friends, spending their days spraying beer and playing in their Neil Diamond cover band, Diamonds in the Rough. Darren thinks he’ll never meet another girl like high school crush Sandy (Amanda Detmer) until he gets swept off his feet by the beautiful but controlling Judith (Amanda Peet). When she keeps him away from his buddies, J.D. and Wayne do their best to break them up. The first half starts off so promisingly (more footage of the “band” would have been helpful), until after the hilarious attempts at kidnapping Judith and setting Silverman up with Sandy before she takes her final vows to be a nun (yes, you read right). Then it meanders, dwindles … and begins its rapid slide downhill. –Ellen Kim, Hollywood.com Staff
Features rating: 1/2 disc
Features review: The DVD we received was the “special” R-rated version, with never-seen-before racy footage–some bare female breasts. While the image and sound quality are fine, there really aren’t any goodies to speak of except for some outtakes. But like the features themselves, there are far too few of the outtakes to warrant inclusion. The director’s commentary and production notes are anemic at best and inane at worst; the trailers included on the DVD are simply lame.
Bottom line: Jason Biggs has been better in other movies–American Pie, for one–and Black and Zahn will surely do better in their next collaborative effort. Save your allowance for that DVD.
Special features list:
Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video
Widescreen and full screen presentation
Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital) and 2-channel (Dolby Surround)
Subtitles: English, French
Outtakes reel
Link to official Web site
Theatrical trailers
Filmographies
Production notes
Scene selections
