Failure to Launch (Special Collector's Edition)
by Tom Dey
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Actor: Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey DeschanelDirector: Tom Dey
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Failure to Launch (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Failure to think outside the rom-com box.
Summary: 2 Stars
This flick follows in the footsteps of so many romantic comedies with complex premises that in no way mirror real life. The male lead still lives at home, and all of his friends are also grown men who won't leave the nest. His parents say they hate him living there but continue to spoil and indulge him -- and all of their friends are parents of kids who won't leave the nest. Are you sensing a pattern here?
Instead of evicting their home-bound son, the parents overcompensate by hiring a woman to do their job for them. This part is played by Sarah Jessica Parker, starring as Carrie Bradshaw/Paula -- in one scene, Matthew McConaughey even compliments her shoes. The token black character also doubles as the obligatory precocious child. The male characters talk like only male characters in movies talk. Then there's a strange subplot involving McConaughey's character getting bit by a bunch of random animals, and a totally ridiculous subplot involving a mockingbird.
But what does any of that matter, really. When you watch a movie like this you pretty much know what you're getting into, and when it stars Matthew McConaughey, who pretty much makes his entire living these days starring in fluff-n-fold movies where he spends most of his time shirtless, you definitely can't expect anything more. His days of making actual quality films are obviously way behind him. The extras on the disc are mostly forgettable, but there is a rather interesting feature on "The Failure to Launch Contest" that amused me. You always hear about random contests a movie runs as a cheap way to gin up free publicity, but it's rare for any of them to have a human face, or visible results. This contest involved two actors from the film actually picking a person to award with six months of free rent, which is a VERY good prize, and they seemed to pick a deserving winner.
If only the same could be said of the movie. It's not a winner, nor is it deserving of any accolades, but it's watchable and it kills the time.
Summary of Failure to Launch (Special Collector's Edition)
Matthew McConaughey is Tripp, a 35 year-old who still lives with his parents. And who can blame him? It's free, he's got a great room, and mom (Kathy Bates) does the laundry. Desperate to get him out of the house, his parents hire a gorgeous woman, Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), to give him a little.push. They just didn't expect Tripp would push back! Zooey Deschanel, Terry Bradshaw and Alias' Bradley Cooper co-star in this romantic battle of wills that proves there's no place like home.The plot of Failure to Launch is utterly implausible, yet the movie is thoroughly fun. Tripp (laid-back Matthew McConaughey, Sahara, Dazed and Confused) is a 35-year-old man who still lives with his parents (Kathy Bates, Misery, and ex-quarterback Terry Bradshaw)--and they aren't happy about it. Eager to get him out of the nest, they hire Paula (Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker), a professional motivator who feigns relationships with boy-men so that their improved self-esteem will lead them to leave the nest. But Tripp's not the usual insecure shut-in Paula's used to, and as sparks fly, Paula finds herself losing her professional distance. This sort of set-up drove classic screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s; once you embrace the absurdity, the movie zips along with a surprising balance of humor and bittersweet shadings. Failure to Launch gets a huge boost from the supporting performance of Zooey Deschanel (Elf) as Paula's housemate Kit--part sourpuss, part tomboy, and entirely sexy and winning. McConaughey and Parker have enjoyable chemistry and carry the movie well, but Deschanel is an oddball romantic-heroine-in-waiting. Also featuring Bradley Cooper (Alias) and Justin Bartha (National Treasure). --Bret Fetzer
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