Single and indecisive, Eddie begins dating the incredibly sexy and seemingly fabulous Lila. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie proposes to her after only a short courtship, fearing this may be his last chance at love, marriage, and happiness. However, while on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico, Lila reveals her true beyond-awful nature and Eddie meets Miranda, the woman he realises to be his actual soul mate. Eddie must keep his new, increasingly horrid wife at bay as he attempts to woo the girl of his dreams.

"The Heartbreak Kid" is the story of one reviewer. Sitting in a screening, with expectations already tainted by foreign reviews that have pegged this movie as a major let down. I hope furiously for it to prove them wrong. However halfway into the movie, which is more like a quarter into the movie by Malaysian standards, I gear myself up to write this one off. The watered down laughs from the audience behind me only serves to reassure my decision. But then out of nowhere BAM, the ending hits me like a steamroller. The end.

I would stop here, but then I'm afraid readers would stake me for not giving a proper review, so here it is...

Single and indecisive, Eddie (Ben Stiller) begins dating the incredibly sexy and seemingly fabulous Lila (Malin Akerman). Eddie proposes to her after only a week, fearing this may be his last chance at love. However, while on their honeymoon Lila reveals her true beyond-awful nature. Eddie then meets Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), his actual soul mate. He must now keep his new, increasingly horrid wife at bay as he attempts to woo the girl of his dreams.

First off kudos to Jerry Stiller for maintaining his usual best and providing "The Heartbreak Kid" with a hilarity of crudeness expected from it, shame about all the bleeping and censoring though. Secondly, credit should be given to Malin Akerman for giving a convincing portrayal of a literally and figuratively insanely difficult character. The Lila that Malin Akerman brought to the screen can only be described as indescribable.

Call me silly but I somehow expected a Heartbreaker to be more dashing, or at least charming. Ben Stiller here is neither, but at least he does his usual best here as well, once again disappointing those looking for a breakout role from him. In spite of this, the biggest disappointment in my opinion comes from Michelle Monaghan. Her acting was both unconvincing and unemotional. Although she wasn't the nightmare bride Malin Akerman was, I find it hard to believe that she is suppose to be the dream girl either. In fact, there was more chemistry between Lila and Eddie than there was between Eddie and the alleged love of his life.

Here is my opinion of the three main characters of "The Heartbreak Kid" if I had to marry either one of them. I would dread the lifetime of indifference with Miranda, wet myself in terror at the prospect of marrying Lila and finally I would rather chew my arm off and have the rest of me fed to a coyote before I wed annoying and irritating Eddie.

All in all, it has a good storyline but bad execution, because in the end of the movie... well, I will just say that the ending will be a treat for anyone who watches TV.

A note of warning to those planning to watch the movie in local cinemas - it appears to be censored so thoroughly that you feel like you've only watched half of the movie, three quarters at most.

This is the Farrelly brothers' comeback attempt at creating another adult comedy smash hit after enjoying success from works like "There's Something About Mary" and "Shallow Hal".

In this remake of Neil Simon's 1972 movie by the same title, Ben Stiller plays Eddie Cantrow, owner of a sporting goods store who decides to settle down on a whim. He meets Lila in a cliche damsel-in-distress situation and in a span of six weeks, convinces himself that he has found the girl of his dreams and marries her.

Quite predictably, Lila begins morphing into the bride from hell, allowing Miranda to enter the picture. Michelle Monaghan plays this desirable character, a stark contrast to Lila, and Eddie finds himself questioning his hasty decision.

This role seems made for Ben Stiller, who has played similar characters numerous times in his career. He still manages to incite laughs but his comedic antics suffer the backlash of a weak story in this case. This movie lacks originality, reeking of cheap humour and recycled ideas previously seen in the Farrellys' works.

Another glaring flaw is its over reliance on sexual content as a draw factor, reminiscent of movies like "American Pie" except that it is not as effective here. There is a severe lack of depth in this story and it does not strike a cord in the audience.

The characters are mostly one-dimensional and have questionable morals. Eddie seems to have little regard for another person's emotions, not even for his wife's. He selfishly casts Lila aside to recover from her sunburn while he explores his connection with Miranda. His impulsive attraction for Miranda is an apparent repeat cycle after Lila.

In all fairness, Ben Stiller delivers as Eddie Cantrow very convincingly. Although it seems like he does not progress very far out of roles like this, truth is, there are little known contemporary actors who could fit the mould like him.

Watch this only if you are in the mood for no-brainer comedy or you are a diehard Ben Stiller fan.