I saw this movie tonight at a screening. The plot of the movie was totally what we've seen before in the other Matthew McConaughey movie, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Sarah Jessica Parker's character is hired by Matthew McConaughey's parents (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw) to be his "girlfriend" and motivate him to move out of the house (since he is, of course, 35 years old). So the relationship is based upon lies and deception - all for conflict and comedy. But there really wasn't comedy in their story line. The fun is from all the supporting characters and their sub-plots! That was the surprise and that is why I felt this movie was better than I expected. Whenever the supporting characters were on screen the theater was howling with laughter (including cynical me). Their fine comedic talent kept the pace of the movie and I found myself missing their screen presence when the story line went back to the main characters. I was saying (internally), "No! More psycho roommate! More goofy buddies! More extreme sports mishaps!" Its truly a popcorn/date/no brainer type of movie. Not as great as Wedding Crashers or 40-yr Old Virgin - but Failure to Launch didn't fail.
Review of Failure to Launch
