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How can a man (Myers) with such insight into the nature of comedy be so completely unfunny? This film goes beyond being offensive to just not being funny. It was a real, palpable agony to watch this, having loved the book as a little girl.

This film is a good, healthy dose of satire in the wrap of a hilariously funny, gruesome B-flick. All burgeoning protestors and liberal-minded buttkickers will enjoy it for its wealth of tongue-in-cheek humor.

Any culture-savvy filmster worth her salt with tell you, if they're boinking on and off screen, the film is likely to be made of the same soft, squishy, unsubstantial material as a big pillow. Fluffy film fare is nothing new from J.Lo or Affleck, but both have been making calculated efforts of late to provide a film for every interest. Indeed, Lopez' entire persona has been of the 'knows where she's going, remembers where she came from' variety, and she aims to be all things to all people (at least, all people with some expendable cash in their pockets). So, film of the year, Gigli is not. The cast looks bewildered, the script is insane, and both leads have gotten so good at faking on-screen chemistry that it's embarrassing. But that's nothing new. The question we should be asking ourselves is not, 'how could they make this THING?!' but, 'why on earth do we keep putting up with it?'