This is one of the nicest, funniest and touching movies of it's kind out there. I believe that it's down rated by the pseudo literary snobs. Baloney. If you've ever lost a marriage and had to deal with the kids in a caring way, you'll appreciate this movie. Jenine Garafolo and Randy Quaid are hilarious in their restaurant vignette and I think that the acting is really fine all the way around. This may not be a major Oscar winner but I like this movie personally better than most of them. The background music is tasteful and adds to the emotional effect of the movie overall. Actually this is a very funny movie about a very sad subject and it's honestly one of my absolute favorites.

Watched this on cable and found it a good relevant comedy with laugh out loud moments and some touching parts. This is a realistic and witty look at divorce from the man's point of view. The dialog isn't dated at all even though it's about 16 years old and it's better and more meaningful than some of the silly comedies they make nowadays. Good screenplay that avoids clichés. Even though there are quite a few characters: ex wives, girlfriends and kids it isn't confusing.The cast is likable Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine and Randy Quaid. Randy shows a lot more range than he usually gets to show. A young Eliza Dushku plays one of the daughters. Amy Brenneman plays one of the ex wives. Watch out for a brief shot of Jack Black.Overall a pleasant feel good comedy about divorce. Watch it.

I loved this movie originally, its just so cute to watch the fathers and their kids relate with one another. Then the film was made even better when I realized that 3 of the actresses would later be on the WB/UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.(My favorite show of all times.) Eliza Dushku (who plays Paul Reiser's daughter) starred in the recurring role of Faith, Amber Benson (Who plays Denis Quaid's daughter) would join the cast as Willow's girlfriend Tara, and Lindsay Crouse, who plays Vic (Dennis Quaid's) ex-wife in the film, would then guest stars as the psychotic Prof. Maggie Walsh. But even without that fact it was still a really great film. There are also a few other future stars in this as well.

Dave Goldman (Matthew Modine), Vic Damico (Randy Quaid) and Donny Carlson (Paul Reiser) are best friends and divorced of Susan (Amy Brenneman), Grace (Lindsay Crouse) and Claire (Jayne Brook) respectively. They have sons and daughters, who live with their ex-wives and share part of the time with them. This dramatic comedy intends to show, mostly in a comic way, their relationship with new mates and their former families, especially with sons and daughters. Parts of this movie are very funny and great: when, for example, Donny says to Dave that his teenager daughter is in the age when girls become problematic and complicated and Dave asks: `-Which age is that?' Donny responds: `-From twelve to thirty-five (years old)', I really laughed a lot! But other parts do not work well and are boring, such as the dinner between Vic and Lucille (Janeane Garofalo) or mushy, such as the final dialog between Donny and his teenager daughter. Probably the fast food chain Mc Donald is sponsoring this movie, since its advertisement is a shame! Although forgettable, this film entertains. My vote is six.