My Boss's Daughter (2003) User Reviews

Messy movie.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 5/10 · 30 August 2007]

Seems to me that the actors had no idea what they were filming and where it would end up in the movie, halve of the time. I'm not sure if even the director had a clue. It was like he shot the movie in just in parts and on the automatic pilot. A waste, since David Zucker was a real capable genre director once, with movies such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad" on his résumé. Seems like the movie wasn't put together until it hit the editing room, who randomly just put sequences in order. This definitely shows in the movie, since it gets messy and disjointed to watch. It also makes the movie overlong and tiresome at times. You just want all these people to leave and get things over with. Seems the movie doesn't know when to end things and when things just seize to be funny. You're better off watching "The Party", starring Peter Sellers, which has a sort of similar concept as this movie.

Terence Stamp was really great in the movie and he is the reason that still most of the comedy works out. Here we have an actor who has had a great career- but no-one has really heard off. I know Ashton Kutcher has gotten a lot of crap over him but he's capable at what he's doing. I just like him as an actor. He's a good comedy actor and besides has got the right looks for his roles. The movie also has some well known actors in the supporting cast. The most surprising name was Michael Madsen. You don't too often get to see him in a comedy. Other are actors such as Jeffrey Tambor and Carmen Electra.

The movie love story between the Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid characters, which forms the central core of the movie doesn't ever become realistic in the movie. I mean what is that draws these two people together? They have no chemistry and its a real mismatch.

But admittedly the movie is entertaining. Some sequences and moments make the movie worthwhile, although as a whole I wouldn't really recommend this movie to anybody.

5/10

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Funny but stupid

[wastebot · 5/10 · 23 August 2003]

Lots of good gags, but the situations are just too stupid to believe. It also has a few new gross-outs to make you want to spit your popcorn out.

Knowing the ending won't make a difference. If you're going to see this, don't let anyone tell you the gags. That and the acting are what pull this movie along.

Surprised at the movie

[jmspinne · 5/10 · 21 March 2005]

I'm not a big Kurcher fan, but I was mildly surprised at how funny this actually was. The events were not stop, and his reactions to the whole mess actually seemed real. I've seen him on That 70's Show for years, and thought that this was the extent of his acting prowess. I've also heard that he did a very good job on the Butterfly Effect, but I've yet to see that.

I did like the chemistry between Ashton and Tara Reid. But then again, it's Tara Reid!! How can you NOT have chemistry with her, right?

Overall, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, and laughed out loud in numerous places. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to spend a mindless 90 minutes getting away from it all. Enjoy.

What a waste of money

[Caritto · 1/10 · 14 March 2006]

Not just the money we paid to rent it or actually go to the movies. I'm talking about how big productions companies waste so much money in things that actually are boring and not to talk about ridiculous. With the millions they used to make a movie like this, because I don't think the actors here would actually work for free or for an insignificant sum. With that money imagine how many good independent movies you could make, or maybe one good Hollywood movie. Its just to rip you off, but not anyone, just the majority of teens that are willing to go and see an Ashton Kutcher movie, just because they are fans of him. I don't really know either how someone with common sense could actually act in this kind of movie. If you actually look at it in prospective the actors are the same quality of this movie. So i guess I shouldn't be surprise, I actually couldn't have expected more.

Terrible, terrible, terrible...with a happy ending.

[Pookyiscute · 2/10 · 6 August 2006]

For years I hesitated watching this movie. Now, I know why. It was even worse than I'd expected. Ashton Kutcher makes the worst movie mistake of his career, since 'Dude, Where's My Car?' Tara Reid co-stars as the girl of Ashton's dreams, who asks him to babysit her father (and his boss)'s pet owl for the weekend. The rules: 1. No shoes in the house. 2. No people in the house. 3. The boss' son stays out of the house. 4. Don't touch the furniture.

Well, you can pretty much guess by the end of the first twenty minutes, how the rest of the film is going to turn out.

You know, there are films like, "Meet The Parents", where bad things happen to someone, but it's entertaining to watch, and it's delivered in a way, that you can't wait to see what happens next. This, is not one of those films. You know right from the start that bad things are going to happen, and they're mostly stupid things that would never actually happen. It's an extremely frustrating movie to watch, and there were about three times when I nearly turned it off, because it was so bad. But, I paid the rental fee, and figured I had to watch it now.

Tara Reid was good, and I would like to see her in more films. Though, I'm not surprised if this had a hand in hurting her career.

The end result is a happy ending...but of course with the kind of film it is, you would expect nothing short of that.

Don't watch it. You'll sincerely regret it!

Silly, But Very Funny

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 10 July 2004]

Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher) works in a publisher and has a very tough boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp). He aims to have the chance to work in the Creation Department of the company. Tom is `Mr. Nice Guy', never being upset and helping his colleagues, and has a crush on Lisa Taylor (Tara Reid), the daughter of Jack. When Jack has to travel to Singapore, Lisa is in charge to housesit her father's house. However, she has a party in the evening and invites Tom to go to her place. Tom misunderstands the invitation of Lisa, thinking it was for a date with her, but when he arrives at the house, Jack is waiting for him with lots of recommendations and procedures to be followed. Jack has obsession for a neat house and his pride and joy is an owl. I believe it is no spoiler to say the everything goes wrong with Tom along the night, with the owl escaping and the most weird visitors arriving in and destroying the house. Although being very silly and full of clichés, sort of `Risky Business' and `Meet the Parents' together, this movie is also very funny. Using lots of scatological and black humor, it is almost impossible not laughing in many situations. Forgettable, but I liked it. Further, the DVD is full of extras. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): `A Filha do Chefe' (`The Boss's Daughter')

The aspiring director's guide to what a movie SHOULDN'T be

[victory_shall_be_mine · 1/10 · 4 November 2005]

This movie is perfect for any aspiring screen writer, actor or director. By watching this movie you will see all the things that are wrong with the film industry as it is today. There are so many clichés that it pained me to sit through this movie. Nothing about it is original and every single line spoken has been ripped off from those clichéd movies that we all saw in the 90's. Although it does have a few cheap laughs, overall it is wrong wrong wrong. I was so immensely bored and the movie was so predictable and pathetic i actually noticed how much make-up was caked onto Tara Reid's face to hide those massive bags and wrinkles from her endless partying. Seriously, she was wearing so much foundation you could literally scrape it off and refill an entire bottle of it.

What shocked me though was that so many of the talented and popular cast would sign on for this piece of junk. And i do NOT know how i sat through that horrible screaming that Ashton Kutcher does, you know when he's like angry or something and he shouts his words in this annoying manner? Ashton's horrifying "talking", Tara's face being ten shades darker than her neck, a drugged up owl, a script that seemed like the work of a three-year-old...

Seriously, in my whole life there has been no movie that i have watched that i did not in someway enjoy no matter how bad it was. This deserves an award for being the first. BAD BAD BAD... I don't think there is a single word in the English dictionary that can possibly describe this trashy movie. Today i was trying to re-watch it but i had to turn it off like ten minutes in because i was about to cry from the overwhelming amount of clichés.

Don't even bother to rent this at your blockbuster, it's not worth a cent, as a matter of fact i am willing to pay anyone out there considering to watch this movie so they can go do something decent with their lives.

everybody is annoying

[SnoopyStyle · 2/10 · 1 February 2015]

Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher) is a researcher at a publishing house in Chicago but he wants to be creative. He has a crush on Lisa Taylor (Tara Reid) who is the daughter of his domineering boss Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp). Jack fires his secretary Audrey Bennett (Molly Shannon) blaming it on Tom. Lisa is housesitting for her dad but she wants to go to a party. Lisa asks Tom to housesit so that she can attend her party. Tom assumes that it's a date. Jack has crazy requirements for his owl. Then the irresponsible brother Red (Andy Richter) returns hiding from drug dealer T.J. (Michael Madsen). Audrey comes by to ask for her job back but she brings her annoying boyfriend Spike (Tyler Labine). Spike drives off and Tom reluctantly lets Audrey stay. Lisa's boyfriend Hans cheated on her and she comes home early.

Everybody is annoying in this movie and Ashton Kutcher is the welcome mat for them to walk all over on. The screwball slapstick is annoying. Everything and everyone annoyed me in this movie. This is a David Zucker film but it needs to get the characters right before the slapstick comedy could actually work.

awesome movie!!!

[dougiejr3 · 10/10 · 24 August 2003]

this movie was hillarious!!! i couldn't stop laughing. I don't know why this movie was like hated by the people who reviewed it here, but it was hillarious slap stick humor, kind of a cross between dumb and dumber and meet the parents. i loved it and anyone who is like 11-25 should love it too, definitely recommend, and WILL see it again, will buy it on DVD when it comes out too! Ashton Kutcher's funniest movie since, "Dude, Where's My Car?"

Goofy, fun movie 👍

[reddiemurf81 · 6/10 · 1 April 2020]

If you expecting something deep and intense,,, this is not it. If you're looking for laughs, this'll do the trick.

Kutcher did great as the passive, nice guy trying to hit it off with the boss's daughter (hence the title). So much so, that he house sits for the boss, and one mistake leads to another,, and,,, just go watch it!

Watchable, with couple of laughs

[tomimt · 5/10 · 21 August 2005]

"My Boss's Daughter" is very typical comedy, that tries its best to make fun out of everyone, including ethnic groups and disabled people.

At such, it gives out couple of laughs, but most of the jokes you can see coming from far and it really isn't anything very original. It does however have couple of scenes that did got me by surprise, so I'd guess it's not so predictable as the most of the movies of this genre.

Ashton Kutcher is Tom, who by mistakes is baby sitting his obnoxious boss's (Terence Stamp)owl and house. Things start to happen and hell breaks loose. Nothing actually makes sense, but so what? It's not supposed to. Tom of course is in panic, because he's in love with Lisa (unbelievebly bad actor Tara Reid), the boss's daughter.

Watch it and forget about it and don't get angry even thought you would be in the groups insulted by this flicks: there are so much better insulting comedies to get mad to.

Bland, lazy, unimaginative and unfunny with nobody apparently putting a single bit of effort into it

[bob the moo · 28 October 2007]

Tom thinks he has been asked out by the sexy daughter of his manic yet powerful boss but when he arrives at her house he finds that he has actually been asked to house-sit while she parties. His boss Jack Taylor leaves him instructions, very strict instructions and all Tom hopes to do is get through the evening without doing anything negative at all. However it is not just the obvious things that go wrong for Tom, but things that would seem unlikely and absurd to any normal person.

I watch hundreds of films a year covering all sorts of genres, countries and periods. I do not say this as a boast (really, is this anything to be proud of?) but rather to highlight what I mean when I get to my next sentence. I rarely turn a film off or walk out before the end. Rarely, in fact I can only think of one or two where I wrote a review based on part of the film. I don't always do this because I think it will get better but rather because I have a touch of the compulsive behaviour about me and I just prefer to watch the whole thing so I can give my opinion in an informed manner.

So, with this film please feel free to ignore my views on the basis that I switched off at the 60 minute mark, unwilling and unable to stand the film for any of the remaining thirty minutes. I found the 60 minutes that I enduring to be incredibly lazy and contrived with not even a single laugh to cover for it. The entire (from my point of view) film was based around Tom house-sitting due to a misunderstanding whereby he thought he would actually have been dating Lisa Taylor, the character who is the title's daughter of the title's boss. If you have not seen the film you may be shocked to learn that this house-sitting period is not event free, in fact it is pretty much a case of one thing going wrong after another, whether it is a drug deal, a cheating boyfriend, a sexy girl with a great body, a missing owl or some mice getting loose. Be sure – if it can go wrong it does.

Sadly what this "craziness" does not produce is a single laugh or even a single moment where I believed the story was written by a human as opposed to a machine, no, scratch that – a committee of machines. It isn't really predictable, because who predicted a criminal trying to recover drugs as part of the story, it is just that nothing that happens has any wit, humour or imagination about it. I tired of it quickly and literally the best thing I can say about it was that I managed about an hour before bailing out. The cast are rubbish but in fairness it is the material that leaves them out on their own. Kutcher is poor and, to provide a frame of reference – is poor by his own standards. I often thought he was asleep. Aside from a bit of a sexy dance and the fact that short blonde women are lovely, Reid does nothing. The rest of the cast features faces such as Thompson, Tambor, Madsen and others but none are any good. Electra has a great body but that alone accounts for a few minutes of the sixty I sat through.

Overall then, a pointlessly bland film. There wasn't anything that struck me as being "terrible" but rather it was just 100% bland and uninteresting – which I almost think is worse than being bad. You can understand if people are not capable of doing something but seeing everyone putting in so little effort is that bit more insulting. Perhaps it turned into Citizen Kane in the final thirty minutes but I'll never know because the two-thirds I saw was so banal and pointless that I thought switching it off was the only safe option I had.

Without Terence Stamp, I might have kept a straight face throughout this increasingly lame comedy!

[Beta_Gallinger · 4/10 · 24 March 2011]

It was just last week when I watched "Just Married", which I didn't think was very funny, and now I've also seen "My Boss's Daughter", another romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher, which was released later the same year as the other one. I first came across the title of this one a little while earlier, since it was directed by David Zucker. I've seen a bunch of comedies which he was heavily involved in the making of, and have found several of them funny, unsurprisingly including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" However, this 2003 comedy, directed by Zucker and written by David Dorfman, certainly misses the mark, and as a romantic comedy starring Kutcher, it's even weaker than the overall mediocre "Just Married"!

Tom Stansfield works for a publishing company as a researcher. He believes he should be part of this company's creative department instead, but his boss, Jack Taylor, is so overbearing that the young researcher is too intimidated to talk to him about his ideas. Tom also has a crush on Jack's daughter, Lisa. One day at work, she approaches Tom and tells him about a party she wants to attend, but her father is making her housesit on the night this party is happening. Tom encourages her to stand up to Jack and go to this party, and she invites the young man to come over to the Taylor mansion that night. He arrives thinking she has invited him to the party, but she's not there when he arrives, and it turns out that she just wanted him to take her place as the housesitter for the night. So, Jack leaves Tom to look after the house, but as the housesitter tries to make sure that nothing goes wrong, he finds that EVERYTHING goes wrong, with people coming in uninvited, breaking Jack's rules, and trashing the place!

The humour is basically mediocre at the beginning, showing the protagonist on the subway trying to talk to Lisa, with nothing too funny, and that's unfortunately the way it is for most of the film, only it gets worse as it goes along. Now, I'll admit, I couldn't help but smile several times, even laugh a little a couple times, during early scenes with the Jack Taylor character, played by Terence Stamp, including the first conversation we see between him and Tom, though I didn't find the "retard" part very amusing. Stamp does an impressive job delivering some fairly funny lines, and his performance is the only one here I can really praise. After Tom is left alone at the Taylor mansion, it isn't funny as various people come in and make a mess, which Tom REALLY doesn't want to happen, and the romance between Tom and Lisa is also pretty cheesy. This housesitting session isn't funny to begin with, but the gags get worse. There certainly are some notably lame and juvenile gags, including the urination ones, and I can't forget the Julie character. Her severe head wound is meant to be a joke, but it's not funny at all. The lamest part of the entire film is probably her leaving blood on everything the back of her head touches!

Many viewers might think that this juvenile 2003 romantic comedy is horrendous all around, but I can't usually describe a film like that, and this one is no exception. However, I've made it clear that I still don't think it's very funny, and I'm certainly not puzzled at all by the film's bad reputation. As a flick directed by David Zucker, it marked a low point in his career, and apparently, this is the only movie that David Dorfman wrote, other than "Anger Management", which was made shortly before this film. While his other comedy, co-starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, can be lame in places, it sure is funnier than this dreck! My vote for "My Boss's Daughter" is four stars out of ten, even if it looked more like five stars around the beginning. If it weren't for Terence Stamp's performance here, with the actor still showing his talent despite the film's poor quality, my vote would probably be one star lower.

Way Under-rated. This is WORTH watching.

[wgeddings · 7/10 · 18 May 2004]

This was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting the typical boy meets girl, girl turns out to the daughter of the boss so boy and girl have wacky comedy trying to hide things. That was NOT what this was. This is more of a one night show (not in a one night stand way but in that most of the movie happens in a single night). It was very well written and very funny despite Kutcher and Reid.

It made me really laugh at the situations and that makes it a good movie in my book. I was glad it was not the confused love sort of thing and the writers did not let a plot really get in the way of their comedy situations as they went from one wacky situation to the next. Jim Byrnes, from Highlander:The Series, plays a hilarious blind and physically handicapped person. Terrence Stamps really played his part terrific and chewed the scenario when he was in scenes.

not as funny as it should have been

[flwrchildx3 · 4/10 · 12 February 2004]

Well I gotta start by saying that considering this movie had 2 of the hottest young stars of today, it really should have been better. Yes, there was some pretty funny stuff in it, but I was really expecting more considering Ashton's history of comedy. ( Dude where's my car was hilarious!!) This movie provided plenty of eye candy, and was reasonably entertaining, but was not nearly as good as I expected.

Doesn't deserve such a negative bashing in my opinion

[sophiepatricia-59906 · 7/10 · 9 July 2021]

I first saw this movie about 10 years ago give or take. The impression that stayed in mind since was that it was enjoyable and laugh-out-loud funny overall. Decided to watch it again about a year or two ago then again with my mum this year. I've never thought it was a film designed to be super slick, uniquely humorous to a point where it needed to stand out or even taken that seriously. With a synchronous awareness there are PLENTY of films existing - under numerous genres - that undoubtedly aim at being the antithesis of goofy and light-hearted, even when they're supposed comedies. There are a lot of bad films where creators and writers resolutely focus too much on individuality and exclusiveness, resulting in vapid and tedious viewing.

In my opinion this movie is light-hearted in the most non-pretentious way and for those not a fan of "too American" humour it also gains points for. The laugh-out-loud parts are hilarious even if you weren't in a "concentration" sort of mood. The one liners and subtle comebacks are also typical of that Zucker humour and exist in just the right format.

It's a feel-good without sappiness or mushy stuff. Would cheer you up if you were a bit down and needed a quick-fix laugh to release some endorphins.

I'd say give it a chance and take it for what it is!

This went from crude humor to another lame romantic comedy.

[curiousjasmine · 3/10 · 11 June 2016]

Well what can I say? The film is somewhat funny and bearable enough to finish but is tedious to the point of painful meanwhile kills time. The writers clearly were adamant about timing but it was effortful and the humor was sprinkled. Out of clear desperation the plot piggy backs off of earlier material to lay it on thick and is overall outlandish. Any form of appeal that the creators thought they could use they did whether it be through obscenity or provocation, I don't know who the target audience was but definitely not the classy type. Ashton Kutcher was put in a role that didn't seem too believable initially but then started to make sense as the film drew on but still in the end only proved to be utilitarian in the sense of making the film work not due to Ashton seeming the type. This film tapped into some striking issues regarding everything from race to weight and could've been funny yet influential but in the end goofiness took president over all else.

Exceptionally funny!!!

[bamatommy · 10/10 · 23 August 2003]

Ashton Kutcher is really funny. He was great in "Just Married" with Brittany Murphy, and he does it again with this film. Of course, Terence Stamp was also really good. There were many good performances, as a matter of fact.

I won't give away any of the plot. I'll just say that I give this film my highest recommendation. If you like "Just Married", you'll like this movie too.

The Dream Of Dating Your Boss's Daughter

[michaeltrivedi · 6/10 · 7 December 2019]

The years have not been kind to this film. What was an enjoyable and popular film back in the day has now become an ordinary endeavor. Nothing too satisfying, and lacking ingredients from what makes today's comedy films special.

My Boss's Daughter is about a young man working at a corporate company, who likes a coworker, who happens to be the boss's daughter. What he believe is a date actually ends up as a housekeeping job for his boss, and craziness ensues as he tries to keep the house in order.

Ashton Kutcher is not very enjoyable to watch here. He has some rough edges, and it hurts to see sometimes. And yet he is fairly relatable and a good guy. Tara Reid is not a great presence on screen. The antics are not well acted, and it's just an average movie. I guess up-dating is my favorite aspect of this film.

Would still recommend

6 stars

This is not a comedy, it's a tragedy.

[m0rg16 · 25 September 2004]

I didn't like one bit of this movie. It was more like a Greek Tragedy play than a modern day comedy. It made me feel bad. Feel bad because the jokes were pretty bad, the plot was pretty bad and it felt like it was going to go on forever. Add to that, that we have seen this type of movies for years. We know how it's going to end. It tries to be somewhat serious at times. The movie brings up some issues that would better be left in dramas or TV Series. Not in comedy films, featuring Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid.

The plot is about Tom Stansfield, that is working for some big publishing company. He has some great ideas for books, but is afraid of his boss, who happens to be a huge monster. At one point he starts to like this girl, who also works for the company. She asks Tom if he could watch her and her fathers house for her when she goes to a party. It just so happens that her father is Tom Stansfield's boss.

Of course, Tom gets himself into numerous "hilarious" situations, which we all have seen dozens of times before. It's somewhat similar to Home Alone, in the way that Tom gets unexpected visits from a dozen uninvited guests that stir up some "fun" situations.

I found myself extremely annoyed at Ashton Kutchers character. Because he was never developed, and all he ever did was getting yelled at by different people, and never has the courage to stand up for himself. Instead he just utters a couple of lines and accepts what's happening to him. This kind of cheap character development is extremely annoying. In the end scene he just "pops" up and suddenly he has developed and is brave enough to stand up for himself (how this happens, we never know).

The jokes are old, the movie is short, the plot is weak, the actors are crap, everything about this film is below par. Add to that that this so called "comedy" actually makes you depressed! That, if anything, warrants a "Extremely Bad Comedy" stamp.

I give it a 3/10. We've seen it ALL before. Absolutely nothing new. And nothing funny...

Waste of Time

[alyiam-1 · 1/10 · 29 May 2008]

This movie has got to be about one of the worst i have ever seen. The humor was crude, hardly funny and been heard a million times before. The start was noting special and it got worse and worse as it went on. I got about halfway through and couldn't stand to watch any more of it. Luckily I was only watching it on TV so it didn't cost anything, but I seriously recommend you do not waste you time or your money.

Nothing in the movie was new. The characters were not at all developed. I actually think it would have been better as a little kids movie in that it was full of stupid unrealistic "funny" events occurring ... thats like what happens in home alone or something. Not to imply home alone was in any way as terrible as this.

All about Cliches

[garotinho · 1/10 · 7 March 2004]

From the beginning to the end, only cliches...

The good boy whose everything goes wrong all the time. This is the kind of movie that everybody knows how it gonna end. A silly movie, full of cliches

It´s hard to get any laughs, except at the end when something really funny happens... That´s it!

note: 1/10

Henrique Curitiba, Brazil

Completely Useless, Harmless

[Droid_Gunner · 5/10 · 4 January 2016]

I don't know anything about the 'backstory' of this film. I don't know if it was plagued with production issues, recasting, re-shoots, censorship/cuts to get a PG-13 rating, etc -- and I don't have the energy to Google it to find out.

All I knew about this movie was it came out when I was in high school, and I remember a friend of mine taking a girl to see it on a date. They both hated it so much they left halfway through. For some reason, that fact has remained with me for 10+ years.

Now, nearly 15 years after its release, I watched the film on Netflix.

Was it good? No. Was it terrible? No. Did I laugh? A little.

The main issue was the film's "jumpy" storytelling. I would imagine that this project was originally an R-rated idea, but late in the game they pushed for PG-13, resulting in this jumpy-vibe. It really hurt the film.

At no point did I care for Ashton Kutcher & Tara Reid's relationship, nor was their interactions funny or engaging. However, the film did feature an owl jacked-up on coke which was fairly funny.

This movie is the definition of the word "passable." Worth a laugh or two, but that's about it. Expected more from Zucker.

A descent, yet stupid, comedy.

[buddhachrist2000 · 7/10 · 8 August 2005]

I'm definitely not a Ashton Kutcher fan, and I'm rarely a fan of mainstream comedies. Yet somehow, I watched this film in its entirety, and found it to be surprisingly entertaining.

It is certainly not an especially sophisticated movie - from the plot description, you gather that Ashton's character has to housesit for his sadistic boss, and basically the entire movie is a ridiculous romp through every possible thing that could go wrong with such a simple task. The humor is crude, and will occasionally make you cringe in more ways than one. You're certainly not laughing with anyone in the movie, you laugh at them. The characters are composed with blatant flaws that keep the movie going, but do so in a fairly entertaining fashion, and there's enough plot to keep you interested enough that you actually kind of want to know what happens.

This movie isn't as bad as the voting seems to suggest, and if you're looking for a brainless comedy, this is a good choice. You won't be in awe of this film's greatness, but you will probably be entertained.

Stupid, stupid and then more...

[breenmt · 1/10 · 26 November 2010]

For a better done comedy, see Adventures in Babysitting. This is just terrible - what a waste of time. Never gets better - it makes Hangover appear to be profoundly intellectual. Run from this movie - go watch Deadliest Catch on TLC. This film would have been much better with John Cusak - at least he could carry off the stupidity much better than Kutcher, who should return to TV sitcoms. It just gets worse and the movie progresses, no possible redemption for this thing. Zucker should be ashamed to have his name associated with this dribble. IMDBs mandatory 10 lines only serves to make me think more and more of what a waste of time this trash actually was.