Failure to Launch

I guess the only thing to say is, "Yay, another romantic comedy!" But at least it was "yay" and not "boo".

If you can totally suspend your disbelief and be ok with the fact that Sarah Jessica Parker's job is ridiculous and that no man that looks like Matthew McConaughey would live with his parents one MINUTE longer than he has to, then it's a great movie. The humor is strong, and smart, there was a good balance of moronic slapstick moments and wittiness.

The two supporting actors, Matthew's buds in the movie, did a great job worthy of noting. They were one of the strongest parts of the movie, really bringing the male audience to the movie without jamming it down your throat.

The story is so completely typical, surrounded in a new setting (SJP's occupation as the "son-mover-outer") with gorgeous actors and actresses. It's funny but not memorable, emotional but not moving. Good date movie, afternoon-with-nothing-else-on movie, and GREAT if you love either one of the leads.

Worth mentioning I think is Zooey Deschanel. She's flying below the radar of popularity, but shows up in a lot of movies. She REALLY delivers an excellent performance in this movie opposite Justin Bartha, both of which have great careers ahead of them if they don't do anything stupid. Justin Bartha was comic relief in National Treasure, and appears to be working on a tv series now.

If I see that Matthew McConaughey "I'm hot and I know it so I'm going to smile innocently like I don't know it so you can watch me smile innocently" look one more time, I'm going to ban him from making movies. Because I can do that. Single handedly. Yes sir.

Anyway, the movie is straightforward, nothing too obnoxious (except maybe Terry Bradshaw's naked ass and a scene with a giggling lizard. Yeah, they're both in there.). But nothing too memorable. Great if you like all the shots of pretty people and acting legends that should totally be doing better things (ahem....Kathy *cough, cough* Bates). Wonderful if you can just sit back sometimes and enjoy the ride without needing it to be a groundbreaking movie.