"Head Over Heels" wears out its welcome quickly. I was laughing the first 15 minutes. The introduction is quite funny. But it's all downhill from there. The comedy is so flat and one-dimensional. The characters of the models are complete stereotypes. I can tell the screenwriters didn't do a lick of research on the field. We have a stereotypical Australian woman, who spends day in and day out exfoliating and has a history of incest. I was surprised to find out the actress is a native Australian! Why she thought it was funny to degrade her own people is beyond me. We also have the stereotypical Russian model, with an accent as fake as her looks. All four models remind me of the beauty pageant contestants in "Miss Congeniality," only Sandra Bullock's comic charm couldn't save the day. So we pretty much have nothing to work with in that department. Monica Potter is a fine actress, who's turned in impressive performances--one as Robin Williams' love interest in "Patch Adams." Her job in this movie is to stand around and act wooden, while everyone around her make fools out of themselves. Same goes for Freddie Prinze, Jrs' poorly-drawn character. To prove how shallow "HOH's" humor is, there's a scene where the girls are searching through Freddie's apartment, and for no apparent reason we have a gratuitous bathroom sequence where the girls are hiding in the shower covering their noses while Freddie is on the toilet with the runs. For all you girls out there who want to see this movie because of your boy Freddie...don't even think about it! I'm sure all your fantasies will be terminated. Well, maybe. I'm sure if any hot actress had to perform a mock diarrhea scene, I wouldn't be able to lust after her anymore. But I don't know how it looks through a female's eyes. To add to this film's gratuitously crude humor, there's also a scene where the girls are hiding in a restaurant bathroom. They hear two plumbers in the next stall, who start using phrases like "stick it in the hole" and the girls assume they're having sex. The joke is handled so poorly, and was done much better in "Mickey Blue Eyes." Anyway, the plumbers work on the toilets and BAM!!! Crap comes shooting out of the toilets and onto the girls. These are all jokes that could've been funny, if they were handled with any hint of wit or structure.
Aside from the good introduction, the film meanders on without a laugh. It's like a bad stick of gum that loses its flavor in a minute. One failed gag after another! The filmmakers don't even try to make an honest effort! Unless you'll laugh at practically ANYTHING--and I mean ANYTHING--you will dread this movie!
My score: 3 (out of 10)
Aside from the good introduction, the film meanders on without a laugh. It's like a bad stick of gum that loses its flavor in a minute. One failed gag after another! The filmmakers don't even try to make an honest effort! Unless you'll laugh at practically ANYTHING--and I mean ANYTHING--you will dread this movie!
My score: 3 (out of 10)