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Dave Chappelle used to be the poster-child for stand up comic success in America. However, since the spotlight has faded on one of the funniest comics in recent memory, another stand up is trying to take the world by storm. His name is Dane Cook.

If you have not heard of Cook yet, you probably will in the next year as more of his films are released, including "Dan in Real Life," where he plays Steve Carrell's brother, and next year's Dr. Seuss animated adaptation of "Horton Hears a Who!" But Cook has really taken the college market by storm with his stand up comedy tour/HBO series "Dane Cook's Tourgasm," as well as his successful comedy CDs.

His latest film is the comedy "Good Luck Chuck," co-starring Jessica Alba. Cook plays Charlie Logan, a dentist with a curse. The curse? Sleep with Charlie once and the next person that you meet will be your true love. Charlie embraces this "burden," until he meets Cam, a clumsy but lovable woman who runs the local Penguin habitat. Charlie and Cam fall for each other, but Charlie soon realizes that if he sleeps with Cam, the curse will drive her into the arms of her true love. So, what's Charlie to do? He turns to his buddy, Stu, a disgusting plastic surgeon played by "Balls of Fury" star, Dan Fogler, for advice, which only makes things worse.

"Good Luck Chuck" starts out promising, but, unfortunately, falls flat during the second half of the film. Charlie goes from being a cool, smooth operator, to a bumbling idiot in 24 hours, and makes some truly poor choices that seem out of character for him. The film also relies heavily on crude adult humor which is really unnecessary. Many films today are sinking to new lows with the "filth factor" by targeting the 15-30 demographic. What could have been a good date movie for couples of all ages, crosses the line and will likely keep the 40 plus crowd away. Those folks are not really Dane Cook's audience, I suppose, but I shudder at the thought of high school kids seeing this movie.

Overall, "Good Luck Chuck" has some good laughs for adults, but the sexual content may be too much for some viewers and the story runs out of gas past the halfway point.

"Good Luck Chuck" gets a "Wait for the DVD" review from me.