Say It Isn't So

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Say It Isn't So ★½ 2001 (R)

The Farrelly brothers produced this tale of boy-meets-girl, boy-gets-girl, boy-finds-out-girl-is-his-sister. They should've kept their money and done it themselves, it might've been a better movie. Klein stars as good guy orphan Gilly, who meets cute with Jo (Graham), an inept hairdresser with the most screwedup family this side of the Mansons. Her mom (Field) decides Gilly isn't upwardly mobile enough so she makes everyone think the couple are kin. Gilly sets out to set things right amid Farrellyapproved grossout gags and humiliations galore. First-time helmer Rogers lacks the Farrelly sense of timing and sentiment, which results in most of the jokes falling flat or not developing at all. 95m/C VHS, DVD . US Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins, John Rothman, Jack Plotnick, Eddie Cibrian, Mark Pellegrino, Richard Riehle, Brent Briscoe, Henry Cho, Suzanne Somers, Brent Hinkley; D: James B. Rogers; W: Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow; C: Mark Irwin; M: Mason Daring.

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