Movie Review #4 I Love You Man

I Love You, Man (2009) Paul Rudd, Jason Segal Directed by John Hamburg

Well if you don't love Paul Rudd by now...you should seriously consider going to the doctor...no seriously something is wrong with you, i'll call for you if you want. Yeah Yeah I know the Apatow gang's fifteen minutes might have been up two minutes ago, but maybe, just maybe this crew has some staying power...at least for my own selfish interests I hope they stay sharp through the new Ghostbusters flick (writers). This is a gut busting funny movie, plenty of laugh out loud moments, it works with a date, with a buddy, and as a double header come down off the first summer blockbuster (in this case Wolverine). Cool acting, fun premise, and nifty cameos (yeah the hulk, but also look for the Daily Show's Larry Wilmore) Paul Rudd plays Peter, a very, very dorky guy who just got engaged (to a very sexy Rashida Jones) but is a little jealous that his fiance has lots of girl friends to confide in, and he is lacking in good guy buddies. So he goes out on a few hilarious trial runs to attempt to find a good guy buddy. I won't mention much about these but the one with Thomas Lennon from Reno 911 is f-ing awesome. Finally he links up with a Jason Segal and they hit it off. After awhile the guy friend starts to impede on Peters relationship with his fiance and you know where this goes...the important thing is it's funny. Paul Rudd has never been dorkier...and never been funnier. It is as good as Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up if not better. Jaime Pressly and Jon Favreau play a funny married couple, and Andy Samberg, and the always funny...and so underrated J.K. Simmons (don't believe me see Burn After Reading) play Peter's dad and bro. I saw it late, it has been out for awhile, but no doubt a great flick worthy of a big-screen view...don't slack and wait for the DVD, go see it now. I'll give it notable 7.0 memorable Morgan Freeman lines from Shawshank (as always out of ten) cause if the sista's finished up with Andy, and Red was looking for a way to cheer him up...he might just give him this movie. Nice work Apatow...I will give the college humor site making fun of you a rest...for now...don't f-up Ghostbusters though!!

Food for thought: Had some Pistachio/Cotton Candy Ice Cream...man it was good. Was feeling sweets today. Up next for Rudd is Dinner for Schmucks with Steve Carell, he plays a bit part in Year One, and is still talking about Anchorman 2...cause 50% of the time...it works 100% of the time. For Segal it's Gulliver's Travels...yeah not sure about that one...but also a new untitled Muppet movie...yeah that's more like it.