Buying the Cow

Buying the Cow
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Directed by	Walt Becker
Produced by	Bradley Jenkel Dan Etheridge
Written by	Walt Becker Peter W. Nelson
Starring	Jerry O'Connell Bridgette Wilson Alyssa Milano Ryan Reynolds Annabeth Gish
Music by	Andrew Gross
Cinematography	Nancy Schreiber
Edited by	Tony Lombardo
Distributed by	Destination Films
Release dates	2000 (2000)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Buying the Cow is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Jerry O'Connell, Ryan Reynolds, Alyssa Milano and Bridgette L. Wilson.

Plot

David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him to get married. While she goes away to New York for work for two months, David's friends persuade him to experience the dating scene one more time. Meanwhile, David's womanizing friend Mike gets drunk one night and mistakenly believes he has slept with a man, and afterwards makes several awkward attempts to come out of the closet, even though he is not really gay.

Cast

• Jerry O'Connell as David Collins
• Bridgette L. Wilson as Sarah
• Ryan Reynolds as Mike Hanson
• Bill Bellamy as Jonesy
• Alyssa Milano as Amy
• Jon Tenney as Andrew Hahn
• Annabeth Gish as Nicole
• Ron Livingston as Tyler Carter Bellows
• Erinn Bartlett as Julie Madison
• Scarlett Chorvat as Katie Madison
• David DeLuise as Frat guy
• Alma Beltran as Hispanic woman

Reception

Robert Pardi of TV Guide rated it 1/5 stars and called it "memorable for all the wrong reasons" because of its misogyny and homophobia.^[1]

References

External links

• Buying the Cow at the Internet Movie Database
• Buying the Cow at Rotten Tomatoes