Don't listen to the negative reviews

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I recall that when this was released it was panned heavily by reviewers.After watching it recently, I think you have to look at the brilliance of it. It's a hilariously funny movie with over-acting, subtle humor and silly scenes.Buried in all of this is a plot that is covered enough in IMDb. The reason that it works is that everyone plays their role straight, as if they are performing in a serious Meryl Streep drama.I think Christopher Walken is a brilliant actor, and his ability to deliver lines in a drama or comedy is unmatched.There is a lot of Enter the Dragon" in this movie, and if you take it for what it is, you'll find yourself smiling and chuckling through most of it.

This movie is smart and funny....it's difficult to do both. Walken steals every scene he is in....the story line moves along at a great pace, and it's just plain "laugh out loud" funny. If you don't find it funny, go watch Dumb and Dumber....maybe that's more your speed. Dan Fogler was the perfect choice for Randy Daytona (makes one say "Jack Black who?") James Hong plays Daytona's blind ping pong master Wong and has some great lines...because of his blindness, he's constantly left in the dark (ba dumb bum) and remarks "what's going on? What's going on?" It's absurd, but it's hilarious. One of my favorite moments involves Walken (of course) giving Daytona his email address so they can stay in contact later..."Well, poop. Randy, I was serious about my offer, okay? And e-mail me when you make up your mind. I'm [email protected]. 'Pradafan' is all one word."

Don't choose a movie by looking at the cast list! Can't really believe that this was a serious attempt at making a movie and the sad thing is the amount of good that could have been done in the world with the money that was wasted making this tripe. It has no redeeming features.BTW. No problem with not writing a spoiler for this one as I never got to the end.This is the first review I have written as I am only starting to use IMCb, an excellent resource badly let down by reviews that could rate this movie so highly.Regards

I have yet to finish watching this DVD, but already I can see where the movie went wrong. Not to take anything away from Mr. Fogler whose credentials are impressive and talent obvious, but he is miscast in this movie. Sandler would have at least made the relationship part with Maggie Q a little more acceptable. She is hot and the fat comic getting the hot chick is so lame it reeks. It's also becoming stereotypical these daze. I think the mistake that takes everything else off course is the tone of approach to making this movie. It needed just a little more believability. Like any fiction the more believable the story the more successful the movie or book. This movie had too much silly, which seems to be the current generation's idea of comedy. Try subtlety. It would be a lot better. Silly, insults your audience and makes us feel dumbed down. We deserve better.It kinda wasted the talents of Christopher Walken, James Hong, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa among others. A good concept, but poor execution . . .