REVIEW: I Love You Man
How men find it hard to make friends..
Here's a comedy male bonding experience or 'bromance' if you will which tackles the issue of how men find it hard to make friends after a certain age...
You know how when you're six you can just ask any passing boy to come in and jump on your parents bed together and that means you're pals but that option kind of runs out when you're through college.
I Love You Man sees wimpy Peter Klaven (Paul 'Role Models' Rudd) get engaged to his girlfriend Zooey (Rashida Jones) and then realise that he has no male friends to be in his wedding party.
Cue a series of amusing situations where he tries to meet some new buddies via internet sites, cruising the gym where his gay younger brother works and trying to ingratiate himself with the husbands of this fianc's girl friends.
Director John 'Along Came Polly' Hamburg gives it a decent go and almost pulls off a Judd Apatow like raucous comedy.
But alas I Love You Man runs out of steam and ends up being a forgettable 'near miss', too vulgar to be a family friendly flick, not gross out or funny enough to please those who list 'Knocked Up' or 'Superbad' in their top films. There is a fun cameo from former 'Hulk' Lou Ferrigno though which was good value.
Just when it looks like Peter is doomed to live with nothing but girls for pals he meets free spirited Sydney Fife' (Jason 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Segel) - who looks exactly like my pal Tom.
Sydney is a dictionary definition alpha male slacker, who has his own 'man cave' complete with rock instruments, beer fridge and several TVs.
Here's a guy who instils some macho home truths into softy Peter like: "Society tells us we're civilized but the truth is we are animals. Sometimes we just have to let it out."
But this new found injection of testosterone doesn't play well with Peter's intended life partner Zooey who isn't quite ready to embrace the guitar licking of RUSH or accept the uninhibited masculinity that Sydney brings to the party.
Can Peter balance the mates / wife equation or will it all end in tears?
There's enough here to make it worth seeing but don't go expecting anything special or memorable. For you guys reading this - why not get into the spirit of this film by telling a mate who you enjoy hanging out with that you love him... Let me know how that goes.
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