Saving Silverman (2001) review

Life-long pals - and Neil Diamond fanatics - Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs), Wayne Leferssier (Steve Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Jack Black) are consistently whining because they're single, but when Darren starts a serious relationship with uppity psychologist Judith Fessbeggler (Amanda Peet) and she doesn't like his two buddies, they become desperate to break them up, even going so far as to kidnap Judith and try and set Darren up with his old flame Sandy Perkus (Amanda Detmer), who's preparing to take her vows and join a nunnery.  As a post-American Pie "bro comedy," it has plenty of desperate visual gags and jokes that don't land, yet at the core of it - and you have to dig deep to locate it - there is a semi-decent message about how some girlfriends/wives control their significant other's life and the way friend groups suffer as a result.  Most viewers will (understandably) find it to be juvenile, although the scenes of the sisters lifting weights (for the Lord), Judith being fed an oversized Arby sandwich (they have the meats) and the surprisingly open-minded ending made me smile.