I Love You, Man (2009)

Directed by John Hamburg · Comedy

Starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jon Favreau, Jaime Pressly, Rob Huebel, Thomas Lennon, Sarah Burns, Lou Ferrigno, Greg Levine, Jean Villepique, Kym Whitley, Colleen Crabtree, Mather Zickel, Aziz Ansari, Nick Kroll, Liz Cackowski, Kulap Vilaysack, Catherine Reitman, Carla Gallo, Vicki Davis, Josh Cooke, Jay Chandrasekhar, Seth Morris, Jerry Minor, Joe Lo Truglio, Murray Gershenz, Keri Safran, Greg Tuculescu, Ian Roberts, Ethan S. Smith, Nelson Franklin, Ping Wu, Jill Bartlett, Matt Walsh, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Melissa Rauch, David Wain, Larry Wilmore, Craig Wedren, Damian Kulash

IHBM4Not that bad

Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."

My review · Reviewed 09/19/2009

I really, really, really didn't like this movie. Have we had enough of the Judd Apatow movies yet? Is this what American comedy has come to? Don't get me wrong - compared to "Knocked Up" it was genius, but that is't saying much (and please save your "but the stoner friends reminded me of my stoner friends so it was hilarious" argument). My biggest beef with the movie is that it was like it was a comedy written for two female leads and at the last minute they dropped in two men. I get that they were trying for this - I just thought it was a stupid idea. Who wants to see men talking and acting like women? The worst part about it is that they used Rush as a backdrop to their estrogen-filled dialogue. Ugh - the band deserved better.

overrated, worst