I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry *1/2
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
Director: Dennis Dugan
Running Length: 1:45
MPAA Classification: PG-13

When Larry (James) has his insurance for his kids lapse, he needs to figure something out so they will be taken care of if anything happens to him. After all, he is a firefighter, and that is a dangerous profession. He enlists fellow firefighter Chuck (Sandler) to help him with his plan. They will pretend to be gay and get married so that they can reap the benefits of a domestic partnership. The government is suspicious, and sends an investigator by the name of Clinton Fitzer (Buscemi) to look into the matter. Chuck and Larry get a lawyer of their own, Alex McDonough (Biel). Of course, Chuck is immediately interested in her, and that may prove to be a problem with their plan.

There really is only one problem with “Chuck and Larry”, although it’s a big one: the movie is not funny. Sandler and James are going through the motions in what could be a funny premise, but more often than not, the humor falls flat. Aykroyd and Buscemi are painful to watch, and ff that isn’t bad enough, the movie becomes preachy as it draws to a end, an ending that is a ridiculous solution to the problem at hand. I cannot recommend this film at all.