As a pretense to this review, allow me to say that I am probably one of the biggest fans of the Farrelly Brothers that has ever walked the face of the Earth. It's really pretty pathetic that a 21-year-old such as myself, who is only months away from graduating college and totally fascinated by post-modern theory, could find such delight and amusement in the gross-out humor that fills movies (not films) such as Dumb and Dumber or There's Something About Mary. Yet, the sound of a funny looking man releasing a massive quantity of excrement or the sight of an attractive young woman unaware of the fact that her hair is filled with semen always brings a smile to my face, to say the least.

Needless to say, when I was given the opportunity to attend a sneak preview of their latest, Say It Isn't So!, I couldn't possibly refuse. As the movie began, I prepared myself for a plethora of lewd remarks, ridiculous characters, and a few things so disgusting that I probably wouldn't want to see them under any other circumstances. An hour and a half later, I left the theatre with all of my childish and perverted desires completely fulfilled. I will gladly share a handful of the disgusting antics that will either attract you to this movie or make you scoff at my 13-year-old mentality after providing a brief summation of the plot that serves as a platform for launching the absurdity.

The movie starts out with an orphan dog-catcher, Gillie, played by Chris Kline (who you may remember as that kid who turned into a pansy-ass in American Pie), wishing that he could find the girl of his dreams. This girl turns out to be a local hairdresser, Jo, played by Heather Graham, who eventually also turns out to be his sister. After stumbling across this information, she leaves and he has to get her back. It's really a pretty standard story, as far as Farrelly Brothers' movies are concerned, but as I've already stated, their standard is one of excellence. Gillie is followed relentlessly by cracks about his incestuous nature, as he fights for the one he loves. In the process he also finds himself meeting a whole slew of rednecks, cripples, and other stereotypically humorous individuals. With whom he then encounters many exciting adventures, such as unknowingly pasting pubic hair all over his face and shoving his arm elbow deep into a cow's backside.

You're probably saying to yourself, "Hey, this movie has just about everything that I would expect from high quality cinema. How could it only get three and a half out of five stars?" Well, honestly, it was lacking a couple of the elements that have defined the very best Farrelly Brothers' flicks. First off, none of it takes place in the run down little Rhode Island towns that they have taught me to love. Second, it lacks a couple of the actors that play completely meaningless roles, but add a little bit of spice to the delectable recipe for comedy. Third, and most importantly, the actors cast for the major roles can't quite carry across the ridiculous persona of these absurd characters in the same way that past actors such as Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Woody Harrelson, or Bill Murray have. Granted, Chris Kline does look pretty funny with a really bad haircut and a severed ear, but he just can't light up the screen like any of these veteran comedians can.

Nonetheless, Say It Isn't So! did provide more than enough perverted humor and outrageous scenarios to entertain my juvenile mind for a full hour and a half. More importantly though, the Farrelly Brothers continue to serve as the supreme overlords of my disturbed little universe.