Buying the Cow
# Buying the Cow

Buying the Cow is a 2002 American screwball 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 had sex with a man, and afterwards makes several awkward attempts to come out of the closet, even though he is not really gay.

## Cast

* Ryan Reynolds as Mike Hanson
* Jerry O'Connell as David Collins
* Bridgette L. Wilson as Sarah
* 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
* Sonya Eddy as Security Woman
* 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.

