I Love You, Man
2009 Directed by John Hamburg
Synopsis
Are You Man Enough To Say It?
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," before meeting Sydney Fife.
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This film took me completely by surprise. I expected a romcom filled with all the genre tropes that these films apparently need. And while the tropes are definitely there this still isn't a romcom, it's a bromcom.
Most comedy is genuinely funny here and any film that proclaims its love for the man cave and Rush always starts out with a headstart. And while all these things make this film enjoyable, its the developing and subsequent genuine friendship that makes it excellent.
Rudd and Segel carry this film and are completely convincing as on screen friends. I just loved the angle they took here a lot. It made for entertaining viewing, with some hilarious scenes.
The 'slapping da bass' scene killed me.
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This is easily one of the most likable films I've ever seen. I Love You, Man is a subversive rom-com, as it's a brom-com. The film focusing on the bromantic relationship between Paul Rudd's character Peter and Jason Segel's Sydney. While it uses a lot the typical tropes and the same narrative framework as a generic romantic comedy, it fits them charmingly into the bromance concept. It's hilarious, endearing and near impossible to find anything to hate about it. Rudd and Segel's chemistry is flawless, Rashida Jones is fantastic in the supporting role, and it features some great scenes from the likes of J.K Simmons, Andy Samberg and Jon Favreau.
I can't help but give this full marks because I…
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It drags in parts, the drama seems manufactured and Rashida Jones is criminally underused (that woman is amazing, why don't people give her more funny things to do) but despite all that I really really liked this movie. The chemistry between Segel and Rudd is impeccable and overall the film itself is very affable. I laughed many times and though the drama didn't work I could see it was done with conviction so it didn't bother me too much.
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Pretty predictable plot, but still hilarious.
If you are considering watching this, but have doubts, then give this clip a look - it convinced me; www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3NERMKIBM
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This film genuinely had me in stitches at points - however, if 15 minutes had been shaved off (mostly which could have been done by repeat jokes), down to a 90 minute run-time, this film would have been pretty perfect, thanks to charming performances from Segal and Rudd.
Unfortunately, I Love You, Man lingers a tad longer than it should, which has you checking your watch in impatience.
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I just really love Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Rashida Jones is so damn adorable it's not even funny. Just a movie about bros, chicks and relationships and it has got some good laughs.
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It's a funny premise to have a romantic comedy between two guys that want to be friends, for the most part I found it amusing but never really laughed a lot. It certainly rang true to me since I find it hard to start new friendships, it's funny to think of the social norms and stigmas around it.
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An enjoyable romantic comedy with a couple of bros instead of your tradition man/woman couple.
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I thought this was an above average american comedy, I laughed so much while watching it!
It's so weird to see Marshall (Jason Segel) play Sydney here!
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I just really love Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Rashida Jones is so damn adorable it's not even funny. Just a movie about bros, chicks and relationships and it has got some good laughs.
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This is easily one of the most likable films I've ever seen. I Love You, Man is a subversive rom-com, as it's a brom-com. The film focusing on the bromantic relationship between Paul Rudd's character Peter and Jason Segel's Sydney. While it uses a lot the typical tropes and the same narrative framework as a generic romantic comedy, it fits them charmingly into the bromance concept. It's hilarious, endearing and near impossible to find anything to hate about it. Rudd and Segel's chemistry is flawless, Rashida Jones is fantastic in the supporting role, and it features some great scenes from the likes of J.K Simmons, Andy Samberg and Jon Favreau.
I can't help but give this full marks because I…
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More funny then I thought it would be. The dirty jokes actually fit into the movie so it didn't feel as awkward as you would expect. All in all very funny.
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This is a really funny movie. What else can I say? We laughed a lot. It's fun.
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Jason Segal is perfect. That's all I need to say.
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Boring