Prismark10 Looking back at this now, you can sense that Matthew McConaughey realised his days as a lead in light romantic comedies would eventually be numbered. There is only so much much mileage in the slightly arrogant, selfish 30 something sports jock with an easy charm for the ladies and bonhomie with his male friends. It all got cheesy very quickly.Sarah Jessica Parker is Paula whose job is to date men who still live with their parents and are reluctant to leave home. By getting them to transfer their allegiance from the parents to her, they will then be willing to fly the nest.Tripp (McConaughey) is proud to be living in his parent's house. His two best friends Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha (both from the 'Hangover' films) also live with their parents as well. Paula is hired by his exasperated parents. It seems this is easier than saying 'son, its time you left.'Tripp is unlike other clients Paula has dealt with, charming, handsome, athletic, normal social skills, no low esteem and she ends up falling for him.Its a light plot and a flimsy story which becomes increasingly silly and unbelievable. The side plot involving Tripp's friends where they go paint-balling, rock climbing, mountain biking and incidents with various animals tends to be more amusing and pads out the movie. I bet the director now wishes he had more scenes with Cooper in the film.Zooey Deschanel as Paula's acerbic roommate is more memorable than Sarah Jessica Parker and her budding romance with Bartha looks more interesting.The film eventually ties itself up in knots, literally in order to come to a satisfying conclusion to satisfy the romantic comedy conventions.

Laakbaar At 5.6/10, this rom-com is under-rated on IMDb. It's worth about a 7.5. It's not a bomb."Failure to Launch" is a perfectly enjoyable movie with a nice story line, lots of humour and sexy actors. The acting was good. I don't particularly like chick flicks, but I was easily able to sit through this lighthearted and fun film. The humour is what kept me interested, Zoey Deschanel in particular.The conceit is that older parents are getting annoyed at having their 30-something sons still living at home. How realistic that is, I don't know. Not very. Especially with a character like Tripp, a sophisticated man with lots of money, expensive pastimes and a string of girls in his bed. It's hard to see a guy like that still living at home. It's even harder to imagine parents having to hire an "interventionist" to get him to leave. However, this didn't ruin the movie for me.

tomb_92 I hated this film. Firstly, I can't stand Matthew McConaughey or Sarah Jessica Parker and to see them together on screen was like my worst nightmare. Neither brought anything to the film and the characters that they played were repulsive and unlikable. The script was not funny at all, worse than that I can't even see which bits were supposed to be so it can't have just been that I didn't get it, it just isn't funny. The plot was a terrible idea, who's parents would be so heartless to hire a woman to make their own son fall in love just to get him to move out? The obvious inevitability is that his heart will be broken. The plot is not only unconvincing but totally horrible. The whole things add up to selfish, arrogant people doing heartless things to each other, and it isn't fun to watch. I did find small bits involving Zooey Deschanel funny, but more because it was weird and stupid rather than because it was witty and well-written.

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.