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Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is a very witty and occasionally touching comedy involving love and sex, parents and children. Although dealing with subject matter involving sex and it's consequences, this is a film for grown-ups, it is not a sophomoric raunch-fest. Steve Coogan and Lisa Kudrow, two very fined comedic performers here both do wonderfully in their respective roles, and Maggie Gyllenhal is good as well.Most surprising is the performance of the generally disgusting and unwatchable Tom Arnold, believably playing a likable and emotionally vulnerable idiot. I have to say, when Mr. Arnold is given good writing, direction and is surrounded by good players, he can be pretty good.This film didn't do well commercially and many reviewers here were confused by the fact that there are several different interwoven plot threads. Probably there are reviewers disappointed by the lack of fart jokes as well. Whatever. This film is a comedy produced in the USA that is actually funny and insightful regarding the human condition...that is to say, it is a great rarity.I highly recommend this.

Warning: The second paragraph of this review contains some comments that some might possibly consider a "spoiler."This essentially is a movie about the issues of abortion, adoption, test tube babies and other unconventional procreation, marital and relationship issues, including sexual orientation and a phony marriage for immigration purposes. It is not an advocacy movie; rather, it explores in a serious but semi-comic manner how decisions affect a menage of lives.There is a pregnancy resulting from a coupling of a boy and a girl who technically is his step sister although they are from two different sets of parents. There is a child born to a lesbian couple using a sperm donor, whose father may or may not be one of a gay couple who are friends of the lesbians. There is a woman who never saw the child she gave up for adoption and supposedly didn't want anything to do with except ***POSSIBLE SPOILER**** we learn that she notifies the adoption agency of her changes of address. One woman sleeps with a supposedly gay boy and later dumps him for his father. ***END SPOILER*** Throughout these serious dramatic episodes, the screen writer provides us little light messages that tell us, the audience, a little about how things will turn out and in essence not to take everything too seriously, despite the seriousness of action.I thought the way the film jumped around in time and story line and eventually tied everything together was well done, and the text "asides" seemed like innovative resurrection of a technique from silent film days.I particularly liked Lisa Kudrow's performance (another role she selected that runs counter to the comic character she created years ago for the TV shows "Friends" and "Mad About You.") Maggie Gyllenhaal was also excellent as the scheming temptress. Tom Arnold was also very good.

Loved this film. Not sure that whpratt1 saw the same film though. They were step children and not in-laws when they had sex and got pregnant. Maybe there should be "did I pay attention" question to make a comment that will be published.The director did a wonderful job too putting together many different scenes and situations in several locations. Not an easy task evidenced by many films today that are shot on one location.I love a good comedy and really enjoyed all of the members of the cast. I would give a strong 10 also to the writers. What a wonderful job of putting together a very complex plot. g

Roos's comedy which shows several stories of love, family problems, and life's unpredictability. I thought the ensemble cast did a good job, and although Roos's approach was very admirable, i don't know if he accomplished what he set out to do. The film is an ambitious attempt, and it has good intentions, but it feels a bit misguided at times. Thats not to say it isn't good, i actually liked it a lot, i thought it had a great screenplay, good performances, and pretty good atmosphere. Perhaps if Roos got someone else to direct, it could have been done better. Overall a good effort from Roos though. IMDb Rating: 6.7, my rating: 8/10