Why is it made out to be so funny?


I love the actors in this movie and everyone gave great performances, but why on earth does the back of the DVD make such a big deal about the prank and why do critics say how funny it is? People who recommended it to me also said it was hilarious.

It absolutely is NOT funny! I mean, it's good, but never in my life have I been so misled.

I was really looking forward to them pulling off the prank, since the description on the back made such a big deal about it!

Who on earth would find this movie funny? There is nothing funny at all about it! It may very well be the saddest, most tragic movie I have ever seen!

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People have different veiws on what they think is funny and i personal thouyght this movie was hilarous and laughed through the whole entire movie, I think you might have a dry sense of humor if you honestly didn't think any of this film was funny, or you just have a different kind of sense of humor.

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It's kind of a darker comedy. The humor is very dry, and there are so many great one-liners in this film. I personally thought it was hilarious. You had mentioned reading the back cover, and I know that it says something about Francis going from innocence to experience, which as with most "coming of age" movies, usually means something bad is going to happen. Anyway, maybe you should watch the movie again and since you already know how it ends and are expecting it, you might find the rest of it a little more humorous. This is kind of off topic, but your screen name is a reference to the Weetzy Bat books, right? That's very cool. I love those books, but don't know too many people who have read them. Anyway, I would deffinitely recommend watching the movie again and listening for the funny parts because while it does end sadly, I think this is one of the funniest movies I've seen.

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I'd say it was rather humorous until the end - I mean, there were some dark parts throughout, but not counting Margie's plight and the cougar, I laughed a lot. It's just that the dark parts kind of overshadow the rest of the movie once you're done watching it, so you kind of forget the other parts.

My Girl did that to me, too, though. It was in the comedy section of Blockbuster, and everyone told me, "Oh, it's so funny!" I cried for hours after seeing that movie. Not funny at all. I don't know WHAT people were thinking about

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Ya I found the whole movie funny. Except for the previously mentioned dark aspects of the movie, those were not funny.

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Except for few one-liners, I really don't see what would make you laugh. Can those who found it funny elaborate?

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