Saving Silverman (R Rated Version)

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Summary: 'Saving Silverman'(Columbia/Tristar)Running Time:95 minutes
Review: To any dweebs out there that automatically assume this movie will be similar to the flick,'Saving Private Ryan',some friendly advise:WATCH the trailer,oh yeah...and pay attention.I've actually run across a few movie fans that ask about that.'Saving Silverman',in my opinion has to BE one of the better comedy movies of 2001.Please ignore all them fancy-shmancy big-time critic reviews.This flick rocks!!In a sense,the three main characters are sort of like a modern day Three Stooges,set in a movie version of the old 'Woman Haters' short.Anyone remember that film?Darren Silverman(Jason Biggs)would be Larry,J.D.McNugent(Jack Black)would be Curly and Wayne(Steve Zahn)would be Moe.Oh,yeah Judith,the worldly/tough women to outwit(Amanda Peet)would be Daisy Mae.I've literally watched this movie at least a dozen times in the last year.My favorite scenes are:the three guy's major obsession with Neil Diamond(who appears late in the film)when Judith visits their home,insisting that the Neil Diamond concert setlist that's actually framed in their living room that it's simply a photocopy,when Judith falsly befriends J.D.(Jack Black)in their basement that he's really gay because he's never had a girlfriend and of course the wedding scene.Just overall, a great movie.Recommended.

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Summary: Diamond in the Rough
Review: Darren, Wayne and J.D. have been friends since high school. They all share a love of Neil Diamond and even have their own cover band in tribute to him. Darren let his one true love go in high school, Sandy Perkus, and is convinced he wont find anyone else. Then enters Judith. Wayne and J.D. hook Darren up with her and right off everything goes wrong for the friendship. Judith is a controlling psychiatrist who takes advantage of Darren and gets everything she wants. She controls what he eats, when he hangs with his friends and even torches his Neil Diamond album collection. It becomes J.D. and Wayne's mission to save their fried at all costs, even kidnapping Judith and faking her death.

This movie gets quite a bit of bad reviews on Amazon so I take it not everybody finds this movie as hilarious as I do. Sure, it is one of those teen comedies you have seen a million times but there is plenty to laugh at here, especially with Jack Black as J.D. It becomes a battle for Darren between Judith and Wayne/J.D. that cracks me up everytime. The things Darren has to go through(like agreeing to take Judith's last name when they get married) and Jack Black's dialogue are worth at least deeing this movie. Dont take it too seriously or else you probably wont finish the movie. The build-up towards the end involves Sandy coming back(but soon becoming a nun) and Darren is left to choose between love he knows is real and love he thinks is real. So definately see this one, especially if you are a Jack Black fan.

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Summary: great comedy
Review: this movie was awesome... anybody who reviwed it poorly just isn't in to this sort of movie... jack black was hilarious as always and had plenty of great one-liners

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The general idea of this dumb teen comedy is that a group of three friends have been broken up by one of the friends' girlfriend. I watched this movie because I'm a fan of Jack Black, but this movie doesn't work on so many levels. First of all, you never really get the feeling that the friendship between these three friends is really very strong. So when they start kidnapping and planning murder, you don't really understand why they're going to all the trouble. Another thing is the obsession with Neil Diamond. It's never really funny and it just falls flat. Third, the chemistry between the supposed romantic interests is terrible. The characters are all supposed to be in such deep love, but you never see it in this movie. If you're interested in comedy, you can find lots of better movies than this. For Jack Black fans, head for High Fidelity, or School of Rock instead.

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Summary: Don't Be Fooled!!
Review: I am so angry at the people who put this out. It was a mean trick to play on the unsuspecting movie-going public! I thought with a title like "Saving Silverman" it would be a war movie like "Saving Private Ryan" but this is a dumb teen comedy. Not a single shot is fired in anger or for any other reason for that matter. Don't be taken in.