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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

studioAT Sarah Jessica Parker could make this sort of film in her sleep, and it's a shame to see someone with natural comedic ability having to go through the motions in this weak romantic comedy from 2006.It's just not that funny really, which misses half of the objective. The concept is good in itself, but there are too many slow scenes, and the fact that the guy is such an unlikable character too doesn't help.It's surprising to see Matthew McConaughey pop up in such a bad film.

wes-connors Showing off his muscle-toned body, Matthew McConaughey (as Tripp) is interrupted with his latest sex partner. She leaves abruptly, after finding out Mr. McConaughey still lives with his parents, at ripe old age of thirty-five. Acting athletic, McConaughey regularly uses his living arrangement to get rid of women, after taking them to bed. His parents want McConaughey to move out, so they hire professional "interventionist" Sarah Jessica Parker (as Paula) to date him and convince McConaughey to leave home. How this is supposed to be such a sure thing isn't clear, but "Failure to Launch" is a comedy, so you roll with the punches. You figure Ms. Parker and McConaughey may become genuinely attracted...This is competently directed by Tom Dey, and shows some obvious strengths in production, but "Failure to Launch" never gets off the ground. The comedy highlights feature McConaughey being bitten by several animals. These bites seems better suited to a low-brow teen comedy starring Pauly Shore or Adam Sandler. Even worse, the squirrel doesn't even bite the area best suited for that joke...The cast may have looked good on paper, but they don't mix on film. The leads usually have "best friends" who are a little older, overweight, or otherwise make the stars look better. They are often "ethnic" (Tyrel Jackson Williams appears herein, as a kid substitute). McConaughey and Parker's peers (Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha and Bradley Cooper) are difficult to accept as second fiddles. Going against the usual stereotypes when casting supporting roles is admirable, but you still want to flatter the leads. Lastly, you'll never guess which of the cast members gets to show bare buttocks in a rear view nude scene. Remember to include older, weightier stars Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw on your wish list.*** Failure to Launch (2006-03-10) Tom Dey ~ Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha

Hollywood_is_Dead If you told me the writer(s) and director had just come to this planet and had never seen a movie or even read a book before, it still wouldn't completely excuse just how god-awful this movie was.I'm not going to delve into the hows and whys of what made this movie so terrible because frankly I don't want to relive this picture. Just suffice it to say that yes, my wife and I did finish the movie. In the same way that you wouldn't turn away from a plane crash. But we both spent a majority of the time mouths agape or laughing out loud at something they didn't intend to be funny.SPOILER ALERT *******In the closing minutes, when McConaughey fell into the ocean, I made a prediction out loud that went like this:"OK, let me guess ... a female dolphin, wearing lipstick, is going to swim up to McConaughey and instantly fall in love with him and start trying to hump him because let's face it, McConaughey is the most humpable thing in the universe (I said in a snarky way.)And then .... McConaughey will yell in a panic to Sarah Jessica Parker "if you're gonna do something, do it faaAaaaaast! This fish looks horny!" Then a Screaming Sarah will throw a life-preserver, hit Matthew in the head, knock him out and have to dive in herself to save him. Meanwhile the boat drifts off into the sunset without them so a pod of adoring dolphins carries our two nitwits ashore with baby dolphins leading the way, throwing rose pedals."OK, so I got the lipstick part wrong. And it didn't go quite as wacky as I predicted. But I got close enough that my Wife was like OH MY GOD - HOW could you possibly know that?!"I told her I tried to think of the most asinine, ridiculous, wacky, cheesy, fifth grade, horrible idea I felt that Hollywood could possibly conjure up - then doubled it. That's how bad this movie is.In closing : we should all slap a class-action suit on everyone involved with this picture and force them out of entertainment forever.

Jakemcclake Spoilers I have not seen this movie as many times as the usual movie that I review. I have only seen it once, usually I watch a movie 10 or 12 times before saying something about it. I don't recall any of the character's names. I do not recall the music of the movie, which is to say it is definitely not "Rocky" or (Rocky's Sequels), "Flashdance", or "The Holiday". It does not have a motivating song by the Gin Blossoms playing in a fast moving climactic scene, like "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Therefore, I was not driven into the fantasy ending, the way the music of the movies above drive/motivate the viewer into wanting to accept the fantasy ending.The move has a great premise, a guy (Matt McCaunnehey) purposely and successfully loses all of his girlfriends whenever he wants, by showing them he lives with his parents (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw). However, the parents want him to move out, so they hire a therapist (Sarah Jessica Parker) to pretend to be his girlfriend and get him moving. The movie also deploys good subplots interweaving with the main plot: 1) McCaunnehey character's, hobby, boating and boating terminology, 2) The need to kill a mockingbird, toughness and romance of Sarah's female roommate, 3) and the consistent attack of animals against McCaunnehey's character. The animals attacks leads to comedy with McCaunnehey's exaggerated tales: (He was a huge killer chipmunk, with big vicious teeth). The animals attack because McCaunehey's character goes against nature living at home and letting women go.The story was set up so good, I wanted to buy in to this romantic fantasy, but the ending left me unmoved. Without motivational music or action packed climax, Sarah Parker's character lets McCaunnehey's character "inch along" toward her, while he is tied, gagged and bound to a chair. When finally ungaged McCaunnehey's character says "Now What Do We Do?" As a person who watches many romantic fantasies/comedies, I thought WHAT? Also, Parker's character has a sudden switch from "cool all knowing therapist" to "somewhat ditsy in love". Parker's roommate and her super tough macho personality, does not fit her character, given her inability to deal with sounds of a mocking bird. These things together with the actions of their friends forcing them together and loudly cheering the "inching along" scene I mentioned above, made the ending feel contrived, even for a romantic comedy/fantasy.Advice - Watch the set up, and middle, turn off the ending.