Reception
Reviews of the film were broadly negative, earning the film a 18% critic rating at Rotten Tomatoes (with the site's consensus stating: "Dragged down by a plot lacking any sense of logic and obnoxious, unsympathetic characters, this comedy is more crude and mean-spirited than funny.") and 22/100 at Metacritic.
The film opened at No. 3 at the North American box office making $7.4 million USD in its opening weekend. The film grossed a domestic total of $19,402,030 and $26,086,706 worldwide from a $22 million budget. It opened behind The Wedding Planner and Hannibal, which opened at the top spot.
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