Failure to Launch (Blu-ray) PG-13
To leave the nest, some men just need a little push.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 12, 2017
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Matthew McConaughey & Sarah Jessica Parker | |
Performer: | Justin Bartha, Kathy Bates, Zooey Deschanel, Adam Alexi-Malle, Bradley Cooper, Katheryn Winnick & Terry Bradshaw | |
Directed by | Tom Dey | |
Edited by | Steven Rosenblum | |
Screenwriting by | Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember | |
Composition by | Rolfe Kent | |
Produced by | Scott Rudin & Scott Aversano | |
Director of Photography: | Claudio Miranda |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
It sounds like a vehicle with plenty of comedy mileage, but Failure To Launch quickly runs out of steam.
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BBC.com
Rating: 2/5 --
Fans of Bongo playing narcissist Matthew McConaughey will breeze through this formulaic rom-com, though it possesses about as much charm as it does logic.
Empire Magazine Australasia
Rating: C --
Although both are fine in their roles, the script just doesn't do a good enough job of making the relationship believable -- and McConaughey and Parker don't have enough chemistry to overcome that fatal flaw.
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Bowling Green Daily News
Verging on the preposterous, director Tom Dey's Failure To Launch relies on attractive stars to overcome its lackluster execution.
Screen International
The director Tom Dey obviously cherishes 30's comedies, and he confidently guides a screenplay that has some of the sass and bit of those oldies through the screwball rapids....Mr. McConaughey and Ms. Parker make well-matched sparring partners.
New York Times
Rating: 2/4 --
How, exactly, did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire?
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Toronto Star
Add to this a confused moral message and it's clear that, as its title inadvertently suggests, this romantic comedy never gets off the ground.
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Time Out
Product Description:
Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker, SEX AND THE CITY) has a highly unusual job in this at times cartoonish romantic comedy: she's an interventionist. What this means is that parents of young men who are still living at home well into adulthood can hire her to date their sons, which lends the often troubled men the fortitude to strike out on their own. Trip (Matthew McConaughey) seemingly fits this description perfectly; a 35-year-old extreme sports enthusiast and boat salesman, he uses his living situation to quickly end any relationship that becomes too serious. Trip's doting mother (Kathy Bates) and quirky father (former quarterbackTerry Bradshaw) hire Paula at their friends' adamant recommendation, and she sets about her tried-and-true method of winning Trip over. A few obstacles emerge, however, as Trip's buddy Ace (Justin Bartha) finds out the truth, and must be bribed by a date with Paula's hilariously hostile roommate Kit (Zooey Deschanel). Paula also discovers a few things about Trip's past that make her realize how different he is from the rest of her clients, but just as she begins to develop real feelings for him, disaster strikes.
Though somewhat meandering in its plotline, some of the best and funniest moments in FAILURE TO LAUNCH are provided by its supporting cast. Deschanel provides dry, intelligent humor in a subplot involving a mockingbird that's taken up residence outside her window, as well as her courtship by adoring suitor Ace. Bates as usual gives a complex performance, doing much with the part provided for her, while a game Bradshaw is appealing in his eccentricities. The film's somewhat fantastical plot is quickly eclipsed by the charm of the characters, the irresistible slapstick humor, and, in the end, heartwarming sentiment and lessons learned.
Though somewhat meandering in its plotline, some of the best and funniest moments in FAILURE TO LAUNCH are provided by its supporting cast. Deschanel provides dry, intelligent humor in a subplot involving a mockingbird that's taken up residence outside her window, as well as her courtship by adoring suitor Ace. Bates as usual gives a complex performance, doing much with the part provided for her, while a game Bradshaw is appealing in his eccentricities. The film's somewhat fantastical plot is quickly eclipsed by the charm of the characters, the irresistible slapstick humor, and, in the end, heartwarming sentiment and lessons learned.