For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Despite my earlier reservations about Bobby and Peter Farrelly, they're progressively winning me over, partly because they keep getting better.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
Crudely made, somewhat overlong and larded with plenty of things that don't work, pic stands as proof positive that a comedy can be far from perfect and still hit the bull's-eye if it delivers when it counts in its big scenes.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
Wrackingly funny.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
This one is dumbest. And funniest, as if that matters even a little bit!
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
If the sight of a large chunk of a man's private parts caught in the teeth of a zipper is funny -- and I'm not saying it isn't -- then have I got a movie for you.