Product Details

• Actors: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins
• Directors: J.B. Rogers
• Writers: Gerry Swallow, Peter Gaulke
• Producers: Bobby Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, Clem Franek, Garrett Grant, Marc S. Fischer
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: August 21, 2001
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005LQ5T
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,938 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Say It Isn't So is touted as being from the Farelly brothers, who wrote and directed the movies Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary. And though they didn't write or direct this movie, it certainly has the same elements: charming lead actors (in this case, Heather Graham from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Chris Klein from Election and American Pie) put through all sorts of comic grotesqueries, ranging from having an ear cut off to getting a hand stuck up a cow's rectum. Orphaned dogcatcher Gilly (Klein) and incompetent hairdresser Jo (Graham) fall in love, only to discover that Gilly's long-lost mother is Jo's own white trash momma (played with gusto by Sally Field). Unfortunately, they'd already slept together, so Jo flees in shame to go back to her ex-boyfriend in Beaver, Oregon. But when Jo's real brother shows up, Gilly sets out to win Jo back--only her mom wants her to marry the ex and tells the Beaver police that Gilly is a sexual predator. Say It Isn't So doesn't have the crude wit of There's Something About Mary, but there are several laugh-out-loud moments, and both Graham and Klein are sweet and engaging. Orlando Jones has a zestful turn as a legless seaplane pilot. --Bret Fetzer

From The New Yorker

Heather Graham, of the unblinking eyes and curtained blond tresses, and Chris Klein, whose innocence was inviolate in "Election" and "American Pie," get caught in a slapped-together Farrelly brothers derivative. The gross-out brothers' protégé J. B. Rogers directed it; they produced. At one point, Klein gets his hand stuck up the rear of a cow, a situation that pretty much parallels that of the audience. -David Denby
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute little offbeat romance., February 11, 2002

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Jayne Ravencroft (Matthews, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Say it Isn't So! (DVD)

I guess I'm admitting to a guilty pleasure, but I liked this quirky little romance. It was a veritable roller-coaster ride of plot twists to delight any connosieur of zany ribald irreverent comedy. And the romantic mix is a plus. To say much more would give crucial twists away, so I won't. All I'll add, is isn't Heather Graham a marvel? She makes me wonder if she was cryogenically frozen for a decade or more. Until recently I'd known of her only from LICENSE TO DRIVE back in the late eighties or so. She was or looked like a teenager then. Nowadays she reappears in this and AUSTIN POWERS THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, still looking like a teenager and never loosing a beat with her acting ability and charm. As for her looks, I've heard of Oil of Olay, but this is ridiculous. Where has she been all this time? I hope she keeps up her good work and I see her in more movies soon.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are these people joking?, October 27, 2003

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mdizzog (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Say it Isn't So! (DVD)

My gosh, what is wrong with the people giving this movie 1 star! It is a funny movie. The movie is about incest, but it is funny. It's weird, but the plot is kind of like marrying his sister.

Anyways, the movie is funny. That dude from American Pie is in it, and he gets into trouble. The cow, the plane, and even the entire movie had me laughing hysterically.

The movie is great. It's good comedy, I don't know why others say differnetly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Actors, Bad Plot, December 13, 2001

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"serity12682" (Emerald City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Say It Isn't So [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Gilly, a dog-catcher, meets Jo, a ditzy hairdresser, the girl of his dreams. Everything seems to be going right until we find out that the lovebirds share the same parents. (!)

There are some great actors here and some really funny scenes (kudos to Orlando Jones), but too much gross slapstick and incest jokes for this audience member. If seeing Heather Graham cut Chris Klein's ear off and stab him with scissors doesn't bother you, then maybe seeing Chris Klein with his arm stuck inside a cow's rear end will. All in all, it was too gross to be good.