''Buying the Cow'' is a 2002 American

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film directed by

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and starring

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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

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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

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, even though he is not really

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Cast

Reception

Robert Pardi of ''

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'' rated it 1/5 stars and called it "memorable for all the wrong reasons" because of its misogyny and homophobia.

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