 A remake of the 1972 film of the same title, it was released in October 2007 to generally poor reviews, as critics deemed it "neither as daring nor as funny" as the directors' earlier films.Åkerman's performance garnered more positive reviews; Desson Thomson of "The Washington Post" called her a "fabulous comic partner" to Stiller, while Roger Moore of "Times Herald-Record" asserted that she had outperformed him.The film grossed US$14 million in its opening weekend in the United States, and went on to gross US$127 million globally.