I didn't see a thread for this but I found this surprisingly enjoyable. The direction and plot are pretty cookie cutter Hollywood but it's well written and Paul Rudd has some great comedic timing. I think I liked it the most of the Judd Apatow-but-not movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Role Models. I'd give it a solid 7/10.
I liked it quite a bit, too.
Segal and Rudd were so effortless and had such good chemistry that I was easily able to forgive a couple of flat moments.
Pretty solid film. It had some good laughs, and the story was breezy and fun. Gotta say though, I prefer my Rudd snarky and foul. It felt like something was missing to have him so docile and vanilla.
I think the combo platter of Paul Rudd's performance and identifying with the themes of this movie has kept it in my top five of '09 for so long.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
A soft Rudd? D'oh.
When will this guy have a centerpiece role? Role Models was close, but not enough.
I really, really hope Apatow's next film is a Rudd vehicle.
Moved I Love You, Man to the top of my queue.
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Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
I don't think he's capable yet of archiving this. I don't think he can carry a film on his own.
Paul Rudd can carry anything. He can carry a marching band on the end of his dick, as far as I'm concerned.
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Would pay to watch.
Rudd pretty much had to do the heaviest lifting in Role Models, and though the film wasn't terribly successful, I wouldn't pin the blame for that on Rudd, but rather on Wain's limp direction and other production problems.
Rudd is so ready to carry a film.
So where's his movie?
The Shape of Things? Of course, I would consider him a co-lead in that one.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Good one. Although Rachel is essentially the movie. She's pretty incredible in it.
Going to watch this now.
Pretty much like The Hangover, this is consistently funny from beginning to end. Paul Rudd is more than capable of holding a movie on his own, and he does it here as well, although it's Jason Segal that is the star of the movie.
While I really liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall (moreso than this movie), I like this version of Segal much more than the pouting one.
Could've used more J.K. Simmons.
I agree that this is consistently funny, and both Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are outstanding. In the end, this feels quite slight, and less than the sum of its parts, though. It just kinda ends.
Agreed about needing more J.K. Simmons.
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
What couldn't? :P
The Passenger (Antonioni): 9
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Yates): 5
Red (Schwentke): 4
The Count of Monte Cristo (Reynolds): 5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Herzog): 8
Kick-Ass (Vaughn): 3
Rudd is by far the best interviewee I've ever seen on The Daily Show (I stumbled across his archive). Stewart should just interview him every single day and forget about the other plebs.
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If "Could use more J.K. Simmons" was an IMDb tag, 90% of movies would have it.
Yeah, if every night was either Paul Rudd or Reza Aslan, I'd be pretty happy.
EDIT: With an occasional Richard Lewis appearance.
Even Law and Order fulfilled its JK Simmons quota, so there is no excuse for anyone else.
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Have you seen Oz, trans?
Don't mention Oz. I watched the entire first season of that show all in one go, and it gave me a panic attack.
No, why?
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Simmons is off the hook in that show. I've seen very little, but he easily stole the whole thing.
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