Without words (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Without words |
| Original title | Say It Isn't So |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | James B. Rogers |
| script | Peter Gaulke , Gerry Swallow |
| production | Peter and Bobby Farrelly , Bradley Thomas |
| music | Mason Daring |
| camera | Mark Irwin |
| cut | Larry Madaras |
| occupation | |
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Without Words (Original title: Say It Is not So ) is an American comedy film from the year 2001. The director led James B. Rogers , the writer wrote Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow . The main roles were played by Chris Klein and Heather Graham .
action
Gilbert Noble lives in a small town in Indiana , he hunts lost dogs for work. A poster with Suzanne Somers hangs over his bed, whom he finds erotically attractive. The hairdresser Josephine Wingfield lives with her parents Walter and Valdine.
Gilbert needs a new haircut and goes to Josephine, who hurts him. He and Josephine get to know each other better, and later they get engaged. When they are engaged in sex in bed, a private detective calls . He says he found Gilbert's birth mother, Valdine Wingfield. Josephine moves to Oregon , and the depressed Gilbert loses his job. Valdine's real son appears and can prove his origins.
Josephine is supposed to marry her former boyfriend; Gilbert goes to Oregon to prevent the wedding. Some attempts fail, but Josephine's father tells her the truth. She is returning to Indiana.
Gilbert gets his old job back. Josephine and Gilbert meet again and get married. Shortly after the wedding, the private detective appears and says that he has found Gilbert's mother, that it is Suzanne Somers .
Reviews
Desson Howe wrote in the Washington Post on March 23, 2001 that the jokes about dead animals and incest were "flat" and criticized the portrayal of Heather Graham as her "least funniest" role in the film . Compared to the comedies Dumb and Dumber and Crazy About Mary , this film is even more "tasteless".
Mick LaSalle wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle of March 23, 2001 that the film was inferior to those directed by the Farrelly brothers. The characters cannot be taken seriously. He praised the "strong" cast of the roles, including Sally Field and Richard Jenkins.
“Comedy that lives from all sorts of fecal jokes and supposed gags at the expense of the disabled. Nothing more than a badly staged gag revue with delicate, socially critical approaches in the style of the irreverent comedies of the Farrelly brothers. "
Awards
Gilbert B. Combs and Jacob Rupp was in 2002 for the Taurus Award nominations.
Individual evidence
- ^ Critique by Dessen Howe
- ↑ Review by Mick LaSalle
- ↑ Without words. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 25, 2017 .
Web links
- Without words in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Without words at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Without words at Metacritic (English)
- Without words in the online film database