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The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

★ 5.8 · 1,742 ratings on TMDB

He waited all his life to get married. Too bad he didn't wait another week.

The Heartbreak Kid poster★ 5.8

Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.

DirectorBobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
CastBen Stiller, Carlos Mencia, Danny McBride, Jerry Stiller, Mae LaBorde, Malin Åkerman
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

The Heartbreak Kid keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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