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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 6239
Released: February 22, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin lead an all-star cast including Jude Law, Naomi Watts and Mark Walhberg in this outrageous comedy from director/co-writer David O. Russell (Three Kings). Kindhearted but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of screwball "existential detectives" (Hoffman and Tomlin) to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author (Isabelle Huppert) is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing andrew's mind and body.
Description of I Heart Huckabees:
Billed as "an existential comedy," I Heart Huckabees is a flawed yet endearingly audacious screwball romp that dares to ponder life's biggest questions. Much of director David O. Russell's philosophical humor is dense, talky, and impenetrable, leading critic Roger Ebert to observe that "it leaves the viewer out of the loop," and suggesting that Russell's screenplay (written with his assistant, Jeff Baena) is admirably bold yet frustratingly undisciplined. Russell's ideas are big but his expression of them is frenetic, centering on the unlikely pairing of an environmentalist (Jason Schwartzman) and a firefighter (Mark Wahlberg) as they depend on existential detectives (Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman) and a French nihilist (Isabelle Huppert) to make sense of their existential crises, brought on (respectively) by a two-faced chain-store executive (Jude Law) and his spokesmodel girlfriend (Naomi Watts), and the aftermath of 9/11's terrorism. No brief description can do justice to Russell's comedic conceit; you'll either be annoyed and mystified or elated and delighted by this wacky primer for coping with 21st century lunacy. Deserving of its mixed reviews, I Heart Huckabees is an audacious mess, like life itself, and accepting that is the key to enjoying both. --Jeff Shannon
I Heart Huckabees Reviews:
I Heart This Movie 
2008-05-12 - I don't like to write reviews - its work and I'm busy, but I'd like people to know about this really fun film. I love it, it's fun, it's clever and it makes you feel good. Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin are great in this. Mark Walberg, Jude Law and Tea Leoni (sp?) are letting their hair down and not playing the usual Hollywood STARS that I, too, like,but in this case, their talent is put to another use - FUN! This film is especially for anyone that's had to suffer through a semester of Nietzsche or Michel Foucault.
Dumbest Movie Ever 
2008-03-22 - This movie was absolutely horrible. A complete wasted of time!!! THe only reason I gave it two stars is b/c the actors did a good job, but it was completely ruined by the story line. It didnt even make any sense..............absolutely terrible.......what a dissapointment
If you get it, then you must've missed the point 
2008-02-20 - A fun movie with odd characters that's meant to be more entertainment than a decisive view of existentialism. The actors portraying the main characters, mainly Mark Wahlberg and Jason Schwartzman are great in their roles.
definitely for a certain kind of viewer
2008-01-16 - I was just glowing after seeing this movie and I definitely dropped about 30 bucks to buy this as soon as it came out, and I guess you could say it was well worth the money because I watch it so often. Jude Law and Mark Wahlberg are so funny in this! I will admit that it's very quirky and random; I would compare it's comedic and random aspects to The Science of Sleep, which I also loved, but it's style will not appeal everyone. But let me just say, its not about "getting" it or not; Jason Schwartzman and the 'detectives' lay it out almost too clearly in the last 10 minutes of the movie.
Wonderful Idea, Badly Executed
2007-12-31 - The plot sounded so interesting, and I thought I would love this movie by the previews. But lack of depth from some of the main characters and a script missing definite purpose was just frustrating. I kept waiting for more from Jason Schwartzman, but I think it was the script that left me feeling coldest. Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin were absolutely great, and definitely the highlight of this film (for me). Anyone interested in this film should rent it before buying, because it was not nearly as good as I thought it would be.
