Director: John Hamburg
Year: 2009
Stars: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jane Curtin, J.K Simmons, Andy Samberg
I wasn't expecting a lot from this. I just wanted a nice easy movie to watch on a quiet, lazy Wednesday evening. Luckily, it was better than I was expecting it to be.
I Love You, Man is all about a man (Rudd) who has just got engaged, but doesn't have any real male friends. So in order to find one who will make a suitable best man, he starts going on lots of "man-dates".
I don't really know what the message is meant to be here - and it really felt like there was supposed to be one. I think it was that every man needs a buddy, which feels to me like one of those very shallow Hollywood concepts. Yes, we all need friends, but I don't see why it can't be somebody of the opposite sex.
Either way, the fact that the message was lost on me (or ignored by me, depending upon your point of view) didn't detract from the fact that I still thought the film was pretty funny. And I was laughing in all the right places, not the wrong ones (at least, I think I was. Unless I missed the point more than I realised).
Rating: 3 out of 5
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