STARRING: Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, Role Models); Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, How I Met Your Mother)DIRECTOR: John Hamburg (Along Came Polly, Undeclared)
WRITERS: John Hamburg (Meet the Parents, Zoolander) & Larry Levin (Dr. Doolittle, Dr. Dolittle 2)
PLOT: Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his upcoming wedding.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 Paul Rudd and Jason Segel have amazing chemistry! These guys play so well off each other, you can tell that they are good friends when the camera stops rolling. I Love You, Man is definitely a guy movie, and these two actors are completely relatable even when they do goofy things. Just check out thei air guitar and 'slapping the bass'.
4 I often complain when actors improvise too much in a film at the expense of the plot for some bizarre, random laughs. However, Paul Rudd’s improv-ed lines in this movie are nothing short of amazing. Rudd’s Peter Klaven wants to sound cool when hanging up a phone, leaving a message or giving a nickname and every single mumbled word out of his mouth is completely, hysterically awkward. I don’t know how you would write some of that dialogue, so kudos to Rudd for making any sign off cooler by comparison.
4 I admit I have a bias when reviewing this movie. I am getting married on Sunday, so watching a film about a guy picking a best man seemed very appropriate. I never said I was objective when I review films.
4 I Love You, Man has a fun supporting cast, especially the work of Jon Favreau and Andy Samburg. Favreau (Swingers, Daredevil) plays a jerk of a husband who is forced to spend time with Peter. His animosity towards Peter is great fun. Samburg (SNL) does a nice job playing the little brother who gives much needed advice. Good stuff. Also Rashida Jones (The Office) does a very fine job playing Peter's finacee. I didn't find her to be the stereotypical girlfriend.
4 Like many of the comedies today, this one is also a tad too long. Twenty minutes shorter would have made this movie so much better. Comedy is supposed to be fast. I don’t know why directors and writers insist on dragging the humour out. Oh well.
RECOMMENDATION
Wait for the DVD
(Nothing really cinematic about it)
COMING SOON
Maybe Duplicity
I liked this movie and I saw duplicity in the same night.
ReplyDeleteI think duplicity was ok but the previews made it look better than it was. The intro credits were cool, there were some interesting transitions between scenes, and there were a few funny lines but it just had something missing. I think it was that I didnt really care much about the characters.
As somebody who usually likes the Ocean's 11 type movies and doesnt like romantic comedies, i was surprised at how much more i enjoyed He's Just Not That Into You.
If you havent seen that, i'd go.....that movie is hillarious. Taken was also awesome. Both better than Duplicity by a long shot.
Mel H