Buying the Cow
by Walt Becker
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Actor: Alyssa Milano, Bill Bellamy, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Jerry O'Connell, Ryan ReynoldsDirector: Walt Becker
Brand: O'CONNELL,JERRY
Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber
Writer: Walt Becker
Editor: Tony Lombardo
Producer: Bradley Jenkel
Producer: Brent Baum
Producer: Dan Etheridge
Writer: Peter W. Nelson
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Taiwanese Chinese (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Buying the Cow
Movie Review: great romance comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
For the first time in my life... hold on a second. I'm not ready to admit it. Let me start again, lol.
For the very first time in my life, I think I've finally seen a romance comedy that deserves 5 out of 5 perfect stars.
Yes that's right- despite the fact I claim time and time again (and even put it in my profile description here at amazon) that romance comedies can NEVER have a chance of winning me over because most of the time this is a genre of movies that *really* doesn't appeal to me in the slightest, I guess I have to make an exception in this particular case because Buying the Cow does just about everything right.
It contains actual humor that a guy like me can easily get into (you know, since I'm stubborn and close-minded when it comes to romance comedies) and it features a storyline that eventually leads to an exciting and surprising conclusion. There's really no flaws anywhere in sight.
Everything from the naked guy jumping out a bathroom window and hanging by a rope attached to a steel bar by the toilet, to the woman in the kitchen spraying his naked hanging body with water out of confusion and fear, to the little boy standing below and believing the guy is superman without his cape, to the man walking out from behind a building corner taking out trash when he catches the guy in a peculiar situation, to the two dogs going at it beside the front door, to the police noticing and admiring the two dogs... yeah this is one extremely well-written and hilarious segment.
And that's just one part of the film! I didn't even mention the hilarious waitress with a bad attitude.
We're talking about a romance comedy that is funnier more often than it's boring. That's *incredibly* rare, haha. It's unheard of!
Whoever came up with the storyline deserves some awards. Like I mention above, there's a twist at the end involving one of the many women that plays a small part throughout the movie, and I guess it shouldn't be taken as a surprise if you've been following the events closely, but nonetheless, I was a bit shocked.
Overall, the acting is really good, the humor is definitely a reoccuring theme (to my surprise!) and the film is just really darn good. Finally, a romance comedy I can proudly award 5 stars without reservations! This may never happen again so savor the moment, lol.
Summary of Buying the Cow
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 5-OCT-2004
Media Type: DVD
This generic sex comedy--about a guy who can't decide whether or not to marry his girlfriend because he's still obsessed with a girl he saw in an airport when he was a teenager--really has only one thing to recommend it: Ryan Reynolds (Coming Soon, Van Wilder). Reynolds plays the main character's horndog friend who becomes convinced he's gay, and while much of his material is of dubious taste and quality, Reynolds has a mixture of ironic detachment and actor commitment that makes the most of his role. Everyone else--Jerry O'Connell (as the obsessed guy), Bridgette L. Wilson (as his understandably frustrated girlfriend), Ron Livingston, Bill Bellamy, and Alyssa Milano--have their moments, but the script doesn't offer them much to work with. When it isn't drowning in clichés about men and women, it's trying way too hard to be "over the top." --Bret Fetzer
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