When I first popped the soundtrack for the latest Farrelly Brothers movie, .com/articles/07/NW0700565.php>The Heartbreak Kid, into my CD player, I was expecting something very…Farrelly Brothers. Something outrageous and over-the-top and goofy—to go with the Brothers’ typically over-the-top movies. So I was surprised to find that The Heartbreak Kid soundtrack is surprisingly mellow.
Opening with The Flaming Lips’ quirky “The Tale of the Horny Frog,” this soundtrack may be unexpectedly light for an outrageous Farrelly Brothers comedy starring Ben Stiller, but, at the same time, it’s appropriately laid-back for a movie that takes place mostly at a tropical resort. So I’ll cut it some slack.
From Buva’s “She Makes Me Fall Down” to “Painting By Chagall” by The Weepies, The Heartbreak Kid soundtrack has a certain stripped-down, chilling-out-on-the-beach, sing-along-around-the-campfire feel to it. And Julieta Venegas’s “Canciones De Amor”—a song that reminds me of an old woman we met on our honeymoon, who was desperately in search of some “happy Mexican music”—adds an appropriately south of the border feel (as do parts of the Flaming Lips’ tracks).
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with both the Farrelly Brothers’ new movie and its soundtrack. I loved the movie for a while—until it just fell apart in the end. Strangely, though, the soundtrack had exactly the opposite effect on me. I didn’t like it the first couple of times I listened to it. It seemed too mellow—and it just felt a little too cute. But, slowly but surely, after a few listens, the album grew on me. It definitely has more of a ‘70s easy-listening feel to it than I expected—even despite the inclusion of a couple of David Bowie tracks—and it definitely isn’t a must-own collection. But it’s just the thing to help you relax after a long day of work. And if you happen to be heading south of the border for a relaxing resort vacation, it works then, too. (Just take my advice: if you happen to run into Ben Stiller while you’re there, run away.)
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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